:Product: 20000225SGAS.txt :Issued: 2000 Feb 25 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 056 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 25 FEB 2000 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 24 FEB A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 0103 0111 0117 M1.1 0121 0121 0122 120 1212 1213 1215 130 1631 1631 1632 250 2123 2123 2123 140 B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD BEGAN THE PERIOD AT QUIET LEVELS AND WAS AT ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM LEVELS AFTER 24/0300Z. SOLAR WIND VELOCITY INCREASED TO SLIGHTLY OVER 800 KM/S AND DENSITY DECLINED TO LOW LEVELS INDICATING THE EARTH IS IMMERSED IN THE PREVIOUSLY FORECAST CORONAL HOLE STREAM. THE SOURCE HOLE ON THE SUN IS SLIGHTLY MORE ELONGATED THAN LAST SOLAR ROTATION. D. STRATWARM: NONE E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 192 SSN 181 AFR/AP 028/026 X-RAY BACKGROUND C2.1 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.5E+06 GT 10 MEV 1.4E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 7.50E+05 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 PLANETARY 2 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 F. COMMENTS: NONE