:Product: 19960325SGAS.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 25 0245 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # JOINT USAF/NOAA SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY SGAS NUMBER 085 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 25 MAR 1996 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SESC ON 24 MAR A. ENERGETIC EVENTS: NONE. B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE. C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE FIELD WAS BASICALLY QUIET TO UNSETTLED. ACTIVE CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED AT THE BEGINNING AND ENDING OF THE PERIOD. SOME HIGH LATITUDE SITES EXPERIENCED MINOR TO MAJOR STORMING BETWEEN 24/1200-1800Z. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/SUN/STRATWARM EXISTS. FURTHER INTENSE MINOR WARMING OVER SIBERIA ACROSS THE POLE TO GREENLAND.THE POLAR VORTEX FURTHER SLOWLY WEAKENS. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IS REVERSED ABOVE 30 HPA. E. DAILY INDICES: 10 CM 071 SSN 017 AFR/AP 010/013 X-RAY BACKGROUND LT A1.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 3.7E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.7E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W075 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.4E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-7 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W117 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 PLANETARY 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 F. COMMENTS: THE ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUENCE WAS MODERATE.