:Product: 19981023SGAS.txt
:Issued: 1998 Oct 23 0245 UTC
# Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
# Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force.
#
JOINT USAF/NOAA SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY
SGAS NUMBER 296 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 23 OCT 1998
THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 22 OCT
A.  ENERGETIC EVENTS
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
NONE
B.  PROTON EVENTS:  NONE
C.  GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY:  THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS AT QUIET
LEVELS THROUGH 22/0500Z. ACTIVITY INCREASED DURING THE REMAINDER OF
THE DAY WITH UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE LEVELS DETECTED AT MIDDLE LATITUDES
AND UNSETTLED TO MINOR STORM LEVELS DETECTED AT HIGH LATITUDES. THIS
FIELD ACTIVITY WAS LIKELY DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF A HIGH-SPEED CORONAL
HOLE WIND STREAM.
D.  STRATWARM:  NONE
E.  DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES)
10 CM 115  SSN 060  AFR/AP 016/018   X-RAY BACKGROUND B3.7
DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS)
GT 1 MEV 8.7E+05   GT 10 MEV 1.5E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE
GT 2 MEV 4.20E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
3 HOUR K-INDICES:
BOULDER 1 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 PLANETARY 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 4
F.  COMMENTS:  NONE