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Ionospheric Summary and Forecast

Ionospheric Summary

Last updated 03 Feb 2012 23:31 UT

Date T index 03 Feb 95 Observed Australian Regional MUFs Cocos Island Region: No data available Niue Island Region: Near predicted monthly values during local day. No data available during local night. Northern Australian Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values, Depressed by 25% after local dawn. Southern Australian and New Zealand Region: Mostly near predicted monthly values, Depressed by 20% after local dawn. Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson): Near predicted monthly values over the UT day. Predicted Monthly T index for February: 80

Ionospheric Forecast

Last updated 03 Feb 2012 23:31 UT

Date T index MUFs 04 Feb 50 about 20% below predicted monthly values 05 Feb 70 Near predicted monthly values 06 Feb 80 Near predicted monthly values COMMENT: MUFs were mostly near predicted monthly values. Overnight geomagnetic activity in polar regions appears to have depressed the MUFs in the Australian region by around 20%. This is likely to persist for the next day before returning to predicted monthly values on days 2 and 3.