:Product: 19990709RSGA.txt :Issued: 1999 Jul 09 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 190 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 09 JUL 1999 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 08/2100Z TO 09/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS LOW. SEVERAL C-CLASS FLARES OCCURRED IN A VARIETY OF SMALL ACTIVE REGIONS. REGION 8629 (N23W70) WAS THE MOST ACTIVE AREA PRODUCING THE BULK OF THE OBSERVED FLARES. THIS NEW EMERGING REGION IS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE AREA THAT HAD BEEN NUMBERED 8613 BUT HAD SIGNIFICANTLY DECAYED. REGIONS 8615 (S29W28), 8626 (S21W43), 8627 (S13E61), AND NEW REGION 8628 (N18E52) ALSO PRODUCED SUBFLARES. REGION 8630 (S10W55) WAS ALSO NUMBERED. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. ANY OF THE ACTIVE REGIONS MENTIONED IN PART IA. ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING C-CLASS ACTIVITY. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED M-CLASS FLARE IN REGION 8629. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 08/2100Z TO 09/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 10 JUL-12 JUL CLASS M 30/30/30 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 09 JUL 151 PREDICTED 10 JUL-12 JUL 152/154/154 90 DAY MEAN 09 JUL 150 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 08 JUL 006/008 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 09 JUL 004/007 PREDICTED AFR/AP 10 JUL-12 JUL 005/008-005/008-005/008 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 10 JUL-12 JUL A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 10/10/10 MINOR STORM 01/01/01 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 15/15/15 MINOR STORM 01/01/01 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01