:Product: 19970406RSGA.txt :Issued: 1997 Apr 06 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 096 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 06 APR 1997 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 05/2100Z TO 06/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL B-CLASS EVENTS FROM REGION 8027 (S28E24). IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH AN ISOLATED CHANCE OF M-CLASS EVENTS FROM REGION 8026 (S23W52). IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 05/2100Z TO 06/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN QUIET TO UNSETTLED WITH ISOLATED ACTIVE CONDITIONS. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRONS WERE IN THE MODERATE TO HIGH RANGE. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUIET TO UNSETTLED WITH ISOLATED PERIODS OF ACTIVE CONDITIONS. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 07 APR-09 APR CLASS M 05/05/05 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 06 APR 078 PREDICTED 07 APR-09 APR 078/077/076 90 DAY MEAN 06 APR 074 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 05 APR 011/008 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 06 APR 010/008 PREDICTED AFR/AP 07 APR-09 APR 010/010-010/010-010/008 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 07 APR-09 APR A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 15/10/05 MINOR STORM 10/05/01 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 20/15/10 MINOR STORM 10/05/01 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/01/01