:Product: 19961110RSGA.txt :Issued: 1996 Nov 10 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 315 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 10 NOV 1996 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 09/2100Z TO 10/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. A B8 X-RAY FLARE OCCURRED AT 09/2323Z. THIS FLARE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG TYPE II RADIO SWEEP AND MINOR DISCRETE FREQUENCY OUTPUT. NO OPTICAL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BUT THE SOURCE OF THIS SMALL EVENT IS BELIEVED TO BE REGION 7993 (S02E51). NEW REGION 7994 (S12E33) EMERGED ON THE DISK AND IS GROWING SLOWLY. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF A C-CLASS FLARE. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 09/2100Z TO 10/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 11 NOV-13 NOV CLASS M 01/01/01 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 10 NOV 071 PREDICTED 11 NOV-13 NOV 072/072/072 90 DAY MEAN 10 NOV 070 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 09 NOV 012/011 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 10 NOV 006/008 PREDICTED AFR/AP 11 NOV-13 NOV 005/010-005/012-005/015 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 11 NOV-13 NOV A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 05/05/05 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