:Product: 19970704RSGA.txt :Issued: 1997 Jul 04 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 185 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 04 JUL 1997 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 03/2100Z TO 04/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. A FIVE-DEGREE FILAMENT NEAR S28E02 DISAPPEARED BETWEEN 1713-1716Z AND WAS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK, LONG-DURATION EVENT SIGNATURE SEEN BY THE GOES X-RAY SENSOR FROM 1717-1738Z. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 03/2100Z TO 04/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS PREDOMINANTLY QUIET. THERE WERE SOME VERY BRIEF UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE PERIODS AT A FEW HIGH-LATITUDE SITES. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE PREDOMINANTLY UNSETTLED FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS, AND SHOULD BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED ON THE THIRD DAY. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 05 JUL-07 JUL CLASS M 01/01/01 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 04 JUL 070 PREDICTED 05 JUL-07 JUL 070/070/070 90 DAY MEAN 04 JUL 073 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 03 JUL 009/007 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 04 JUL 007/005 PREDICTED AFR/AP 05 JUL-07 JUL 012/010-012/012-007/008 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 05 JUL-07 JUL A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 20/20/15 MINOR STORM 10/10/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/05/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 20/20/10 MINOR STORM 15/15/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/05/01