:Product: 19990923SGAS.txt :Issued: 1999 Sep 23 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 266 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 23 SEP 1999 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 22 SEP A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 1329 1340 1353 8706 N17E39 C5.2 1F 130 23 B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS AT QUIET TO MAJOR STORM LEVELS. A SMALL SUDDEN IMPULSE, MEASURED AT BOULDER TO BE 8 NANOTESLA, OCCURRED AT 1222Z. SATELLITE DATA FROM ACE SHOWED THE PASSAGE OF AN INTERPLANETARY SHOCK JUST PRIOR. SOLAR WIND SPEEDS NEAR 600 KM/S, AND BZ MEASURING NEAR -15 NT ARE NOW OCCURRING. D. STRATWARM: NONE E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 140 SSN 103 AFR/AP 029/037 X-RAY BACKGROUND B4.0 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.8E+06 GT 10 MEV 1.3E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 6.60E+05 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 3 2 3 4 4 3 5 6 PLANETARY 3 2 3 3 4 3 5 7 F. COMMENTS: NONE