:Product: 19990330RSGA.txt :Issued: 1999 Mar 30 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 089 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 30 MAR 1999 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 29/2100Z TO 30/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS LOW DUE TO A SINGLE C1/SF EVENT AT 29/2216UT FROM REGION 8502 (S27E45). ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. ONE NEW SPOT GROUP WAS NUMBERED, REGION 8504 (S28E61). IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW WITH A CHANCE OF ISOLATED C-CLASS EVENTS FROM REGION 8502. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 29/2100Z TO 30/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE. THIS ELEVATED ACTIVITY WAS PROBABLY DUE TO A HIGH SPEED CORONAL HOLE STREAM. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED. A HIGH SPEED STREAM COULD CONTINUE TO ELEVATE ACTIVITY SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 31 MAR-02 APR CLASS M 01/01/01 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 30 MAR 105 PREDICTED 31 MAR-02 APR 110/110/115 90 DAY MEAN 30 MAR 137 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 29 MAR 021/024 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 30 MAR 015/015 PREDICTED AFR/AP 31 MAR-02 APR 015/012-015/014-015/014 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 31 MAR-02 APR A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 25/25/25 MINOR STORM 10/10/10 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 25/25/25 MINOR STORM 10/10/10 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01