:Product: 19980606RSGA.txt :Issued: 1998 Jun 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 157 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 06 JUN 1998 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 05/2100Z TO 06/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. TWO NEW REGIONS WERE NUMBERED, REGION 3235 (N20W33) IS A SMALL BXO SPOT GROUP AND REGION 8236 (N21W10) IS A DEVELOPING DSO GROUP. ALL OTHER REGIONS ARE STABLE OR DECLINING. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. C CLASS FLARES, WITH AN OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR M CLASS, ARE EXPECTED FROM REGION 8232 (S19E19). IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 05/2100Z TO 06/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN AT QUIET TO ACTIVE LEVELS. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED EARLY IN THE PERIOD. ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE STARTING ON 8 JUN. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 07 JUN-09 JUN CLASS M 20/20/20 CLASS X 05/05/05 PROTON 01/01/05 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 06 JUN 115 PREDICTED 07 JUN-09 JUN 115/115/118 90 DAY MEAN 06 JUN 109 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 05 JUN 010/013 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 06 JUN 010/012 PREDICTED AFR/AP 07 JUN-09 JUN 007/010-010/010-018/018 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 07 JUN-09 JUN A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 15/20/25 MINOR STORM 05/10/15 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/05/06 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 15/30/30 MINOR STORM 05/10/15 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/05/06