:Product: 19961209RSGA.txt :Issued: 1996 Dec 09 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 344 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 09 DEC 1996 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 08/2100Z TO 09/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. REGION 8003 (S30W04) HAD SEVERAL FLARES AND IS THE ONLY SPOTTED REGION VISIBLE. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY LOW. REGION 8003 HAS THE P0TENTIAL FOR OCCASIONAL C-CLASS ACTIVITY. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 08/2100Z TO 09/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN QUIET FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 10 DEC-12 DEC CLASS M 01/01/01 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 09 DEC 074 PREDICTED 10 DEC-12 DEC 073/072/072 90 DAY MEAN 09 DEC 073 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 08 DEC 003/003 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 09 DEC 003/004 PREDICTED AFR/AP 10 DEC-12 DEC 010/010-010/010-010/010 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 10 DEC-12 DEC A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 01/01/01 MINOR STORM 01/01/01 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 01/01/01 MINOR STORM 01/01/01 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 From owner-forecast@proton.sel.noaa.gov Mon Dec 9 19:08:46 1996 Received: by proton.sel.noaa.gov (1.37.109.18/16.2) id AA275116525; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 19:08:46 -0500 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:08:44 GMT From: SESC To: forecast-send@proton.sel.noaa.gov Subject: SEC Announcement Sender: owner-forecast@proton.sel.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk ----- SEC Product HEADER Change Announcement ----- Dear Space Environment Center (SEC) customer: SEC is converting its products and data listings to a more consistant header format. Samples of the old and new formats are shown below. In general, the changes add header and information lines with a unique beginning character: o A "#" in the first column indicates a header line o A ":" n the first column indicates a key-word line. The key-word between the colons is followed by some information All products and listings will have two addtional lines: its name and issue date. THERE ARE NO FORMAT CHANGES WITHIN THE PRODUCTS only to the header lines. !!!!!!! The new formats will begin sometime after Dec 11th. !!!!!!! Products initially effected: Alert and Warning Messages RSGA - the "Forecast" - Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity SRS - Solar Region Summary SGAS - Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary SCDR - Solar Coronal Disturbance Report GEOA - GEOALERT WWV - The Geophysical Alert Message Weekly Highlights and Forecast Weekly 27-day Outlook SEC Services effected: Majodomo List Server World-wide web (only products in/from the Gopher/ftp directories) Gopher ftp Update on other SEC changes: The new software to move us off the old database machine is scheduled to be installed beginning December 16th. While these changes will not effect the product format or contain, they may cause disturbtions in service. Please bear with us during this transition. We apologize for the inconvience these changes will cause our customers, espically those who have developed software to decode our products. Again, these are changes to the header line only, the product format do NOT change. Our objectives are to: o standardize our products, o provide additional information with each product, o improve the reliabilities of our services, o establish format conventions for upcoming, new products. Please send questions and comments to Viola Raben at vraben@sec.noaa.gov or (303) 497-5691. Sincerely, Viola Raben Space Environment Center ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SAMPLE OLD FORMAT Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SAMPLE NEW FORMAT :Product: RSGA :Issued: 1996 Dec 9 2210UT # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. #