:Product: 20000524SGAS.txt :Issued: 2000 May 24 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 145 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 24 MAY 2000 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 23 MAY A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 0131 0132 0143 220 1606 1606 1607 120 1639 1639 1648 9002 N22W38 SF 2500 1921 1921 1921 120 2048 2053 2101 9002 N22W43 C9.5 1F 8900 77 B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD RANGED FROM QUIET TO MAJOR STORM LEVELS. D. STRATWARM: NONE E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 204 SSN 150 AFR/AP 017/022 X-RAY BACKGROUND B9.6 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 1.6E+06 GT 10 MEV 1.3E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.80E+06 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 2 3 3 3 1 4 4 5 PLANETARY 2 3 3 3 2 3 5 6 F. COMMENTS: STRONG, TRANSIENT SOLAR WIND FLOW BEGAN TO BE OBSERVED AFTER 1625Z TODAY AND CONTINUES TO BE OBSERVED AT THE ACE SPACECRAFT. THE STORM ACTIVITY BEGAN AFTER 1800Z AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE 24TH.