:Product: 20000328RSGA.txt :Issued: 2000 Mar 28 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 088 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 28 MAR 2000 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 27/2100Z TO 28/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS MODERATE. REGION 8926 (S10W84) PRODUCED AN M3/SF X-RAY EVENT AT 28/0137Z. SEVERAL OTHER MINOR C-CLASS EVENTS OCCURRED FROM REGION 8926 AND 8924 (N10W01). WHILE REGION 8926 NEARS THE WEST LIMB, REGIONS 8921 (S17W30), 8924, AND 8933 (N16E20) ALL DISPLAYED SLIGHT GROWTH DURING THE PERIOD. NO NEW REGIONS WERE NUMBERED. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW TO MODERATE WITH A CHANCE OF ISOLATED M-CLASS ACTIVITY. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 27/2100Z TO 28/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 29 MAR-31 MAR CLASS M 35/30/30 CLASS X 10/05/05 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 28 MAR 201 PREDICTED 29 MAR-31 MAR 195/190/190 90 DAY MEAN 28 MAR 177 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 27 MAR 003/005 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 28 MAR 005/005 PREDICTED AFR/AP 29 MAR-31 MAR 005/005-005/005-005/005 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 29 MAR-31 MAR A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 25/20/20 MINOR STORM 05/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 30/25/25 MINOR STORM 10/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01