:Product: 19980708RSGA.txt :Issued: 1998 Jul 08 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 189 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 08 JUL 1998 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 07/2100Z TO 08/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS LOW. AN OPTICALLY UNCORRELATED C1 X-RAY FLARE OCCURRED AT 08/1055UT. THE DISK HAS FOUR NUMBERED SPOTTED REGIONS WHICH HAVE REMAINED QUIET THROUGH THE PERIOD. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED C-CLASS ACTIVITY STILL EXISTS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 07/2100Z TO 08/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTECD TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 09 JUL-11 JUL CLASS M 10/05/05 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 08 JUL 112 PREDICTED 09 JUL-11 JUL 111/110/108 90 DAY MEAN 08 JUL 108 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 07 JUL 005/006 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 08 JUL 005/008 PREDICTED AFR/AP 09 JUL-11 JUL 005/005-005/008-005/010 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 09 JUL-11 JUL A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 10/10/10 MINOR STORM 05/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 20/20/30 MINOR STORM 10/10/15 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/05/05