:Product: 19990708RSGA.txt :Issued: 1999 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 1999 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 07/2100Z TO 08/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS LOW. C-CLASS ACTIVITY CONTINUES BUT LESS FREQUENTLY THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE LARGEST FLARE WAS AN OPTICALLY UNCORRELATED C5 AT 08/0708UT. REGION 8611 (S26W84) APPEARS TO BE LEAVING THE VISIBLE DISK QUIETLY. GROWTH IN REGION 8626 (S21W30) HAS SLOWED. NEW REGION 8627 (S12E70) WAS NUMBERED. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. AN ISOLATED M-CLASS FLARE IS POSSIBLE IN DEPARTING REGION 8611 OR REGION 8626. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 07/2100Z TO 08/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 09 JUL-11 JUL CLASS M 30/30/30 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 08 JUL 149 PREDICTED 09 JUL-11 JUL 140/140/135 90 DAY MEAN 08 JUL 150 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 07 JUL 003/005 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 08 JUL 008/007 PREDICTED AFR/AP 09 JUL-11 JUL 010/007-015/007-010/007 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 09 JUL-11 JUL A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 15/30/30 MINOR STORM 05/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/02/05 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 30/30/30 MINOR STORM 05/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/05/05