:Product: 19990306SGAS.txt
:Issued: 1999 Mar 06 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 065 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 06 MAR 1999
THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 05 MAR
A.  ENERGETIC EVENTS
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
1200 1203 1208                       170
1834 1837 1844  8478 S15W66       SF 110
1912 1913 1913                       100
B.  PROTON EVENTS:  NONE.
C.  GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY:  THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD RANGED FROM
QUIET TO MINOR STORM LEVELS.  THIS ACTIVITY WAS BASED ON THE
CONTINUED AFFECTS OF AN ELONGATED CORONAL HOLE STREAM IMPACTING THE
EARTH.  THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRONS AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT
REACHED HIGH LEVELS AT APPROXIMATELY 05/0900Z.
D.  STRATWARM:  STRATWARM ALERT/FRIDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS.
FINAL WARMING CONTINUES.
TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND
THE POLE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE STRATOSPHERE,
AND MEAN ZONAL WIND AT 60N FROM THE EAST AT 30
AND 10 HPA. TRANSMISSION TO SUMMER CONDITIONS
WILL PROCEED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEKS.
END OF GEOALERT MESSAGES OF THIS WINTER SEASON.
E.  DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES)
10 CM 128  SSN 135  AFR/AP 020/018   X-RAY BACKGROUND B4.6
DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS)
GT 1 MEV 6.6E+05   GT 10 MEV 1.5E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE
GT 2 MEV 1.10E+08 E/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
3 HOUR K-INDICES:
BOULDER 5 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 PLANETARY 4 3 5 3 3 4 2 2
F.  COMMENTS:  NONE.