:Product: 20001223SGAS.txt
:Issued: 2000 Dec 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 358 Issued at 0245Z on 23 Dec 2000
This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Dec
A.  Energetic Events
Begin  Max  End  Rgn   Loc   Xray  Op 245MHz 10cm   Sweep
2011 2014 2016              C1.8     280
2128 2128 2128                       110
B.  Proton Events:  None.
C.  Geomagnetic Activity Summary:  The geomagnetic field was quiet to
unsettled at all latitudes for the past 24 hours.
D.  Stratwarm:  STRATWARM ALERT EXISTS STRATWARM FRIDAY
A STRONG ANTICYCLONE, TILTING FROM WESTERN EUROPE IN THE LOWER
STRATOSPHERE TO NORTHERN RUSSIA IN THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE,
DOMINATES THE CIRCULATION OVER EUROPE AND ASIA WHILE THE
CENTER OF THE COLD POLAR VORTEX IS SITUATED BETWEEN THE
CANADIAN ARCTIC IN THE LOWER STRATOSPHERE AND ALASKA IN THE
UPPER STRATOSPHERE.  A RETURN TO NORMAL WINTER CONDITIONS
IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 5 DAYS.
E.  Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 190  SSN 164  Afr/Ap 006/007   X-ray Background B8.8
Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs)
GT 1 MeV 1.1e+05   GT 10 MeV 9.4e+03 p/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
Daily Electron Fluence
GT 2 MeV 1.30e+06 e/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
3 Hour K-indices:
Boulder 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 Planetary 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 3
F.  Comments:  None