:Product: 19990713RSGA.txt :Issued: 1999 Jul 13 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 194 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 13 JUL 1999 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 12/2100Z TO 13/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS LOW. THE LARGEST EVENT WAS AN OPTICALLY UNCORRELATED C2.9 AT 13/0546UT. THERE ARE 12 SPOTTED REGIONS ON THE DISK, MOST ARE LOCATED IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, ALL APPEAR STABLE OR DECLINING. THE FILAMENT LOCATED NEAR N40E60 AND EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST LIMB DISAPPEARED BETWEEN 13/0800UT AND 13/1800UT. THIS EVENT WAS PROBABLY THE SOURCE OF THE CME OBSERVED BY THE SOHO SPACECRAFT AROUND 13/1200UT. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 12/2100Z TO 13/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN GENERALLY QUIET FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED EARLY IN THE PERIOD. THERE IS A FAIR CHANCE FOR ACTIVE CONDITIONS LATE IN THE PERIOD AS A RESULT OF RECENT SOLAR EVENTS. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 14 JUL-16 JUL CLASS M 25/20/15 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 13 JUL 144 PREDICTED 14 JUL-16 JUL 142/140/135 90 DAY MEAN 13 JUL 152 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 12 JUL 012/014 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 13 JUL 004/008 PREDICTED AFR/AP 14 JUL-16 JUL 005/005-005/005-007/006 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 14 JUL-16 JUL A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 10/10/20 MINOR STORM 01/01/01 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 15/15/20 MINOR STORM 01/01/01 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01