:Product: 19960327RSGA.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 27 2200 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # JOINT USAF/NOAA REPORT OF SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SDF NUMBER 087 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 27 MAR 1996 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 26/2100Z TO 27/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY REMAINED VERY LOW. THE TWO SMALL SPOTTED REGIONS ON THE DISK EXHIBITED SLOW DECAY. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN VERY LOW FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 26/2100Z TO 27/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS PREDOMINANTLY QUIET TO UNSETTLED. THE WIND SPACECRAFT IS IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE SO NO SOLAR WIND DATA WERE AVAILABLE. ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUXES AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT WERE MODERATE TO HIGH. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD SHOULD BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUXES SHOULD MODERATE ON 28-29 MAR. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 28 MAR-30 MAR CLASS M 01/01/01 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 27 MAR 072 PREDICTED 28 MAR-30 MAR 072/071/070 90 DAY MEAN 27 MAR 072 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 26 MAR 008/009 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 27 MAR 008/008 PREDICTED AFR/AP 28 MAR-30 MAR 005/005-005/005-005/005 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 28 MAR-30 MAR A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 10/10/10 MINOR STORM 05/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 10/10/10 MINOR STORM 05/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01