:Product: 19970227RSGA.txt :Issued: 1997 Feb 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 058 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 27 FEB 1997 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 26/2100Z TO 27/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY REMAINED VERY LOW. THE DISK REMAINED SPOTLESS. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE 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. AFTER 27/1400Z THE FIELD BECAME MOSTLY UNSETTLED WITH SOME ACTIVE LEVEL CONDITIONS AT HIGH LATITUDES. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED TOMORROW AND QUIET ON THE SECOND AND THIRD DAYS. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 28 FEB-02 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 FEB 074 PREDICTED 28 FEB-02 MAR 074/074/074 90 DAY MEAN 27 FEB 075 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 26 FEB 016/013 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 27 FEB 012/008 PREDICTED AFR/AP 28 FEB-02 MAR 010/008-005/008-005/005 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 28 FEB-02 MAR A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 20/10/10 MINOR STORM 10/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 25/15/15 MINOR STORM 15/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01