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Geophysical report
Any mentioned solar flare in this report has a scaling factor applied by the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Because of the SWPC scaling factor, solar flares are reported as 42% smaller than for the science quality data. The scaling factor has been removed from our archived solar flare data to reflect the true physical units.
Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary 2003 Feb 23 0245 UTCPrepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 054 Issued at 0245Z on 23 Feb 2003 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 22 FebA. Energetic Events
Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0155 0203 0207 0290 N11E02 C4.3 Sf 1300 0215 0215 0215 2400 1634 1634 1634 100
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
Quiet to active.
D. Stratwarm
STRATWARM ALERT / SATURDAY / STRATWARM EXISTS.
THE WAVE TWO FORMATION IS STILL EVIDENT BUT WEAKENING. THERE IS A
REVERSED TEMPERATURE GRADIENT BETWEEN 50 AND 10 HPA AS WELL AS AT 1
HPA. THE WINDS AT 60N HAVE RETURNED TO WESTERLY AT ALL LEVELS. THE
TEMPERATURE GRADIENT IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY RETURN TO NORMAL. END
OF THIS ALERT PERIOD.
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 107 SSN 053 Afr/Ap 010/011 X-ray Background B2.2 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 5.0e+05 GT 10 MeV 1.0e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 4.20e+07 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices Boulder 2 3 2 3 3 4 1 2 Planetary 2 3 2 3 3 4 2 1
F. Comments
None
All times in UTC
Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future
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