JAGUAR is more than well connected to current and history online space weather monitoring data ("SPACE WX").
Solar data can be found in
* CONDX display
* CONDX status on STATUSBAR
* SOLAR CX applet
* MSG BAR
* File HEADER
* SPACE WX display in WWW online services
* KYOTO DST live display in WWW online services
KEY = X
Just click SLIDER > CONDX or press the X and you will get a full screen of index developments from the past two weeks (or if your playback time is not within the last two weeks, you'll see both the week around the playback day AND the current week). In addition to the current week, you can review earlier weeks by moving mouse cursor over the current week and scroll days backwards/forwards using mouse wheel (max two months backwards). To close the CONDX screen, just press X again or select some other display from SLIDER.
On that screen you will see how the polar A index (white graph), the Global or planetary A index (dark blue), Kyoto DST (green), Solar wind (light blue) and Proton flux (yellow) indices have developed over the days. Also, if your playback time is within the last two months and you are using the PC which recorded the playback files, you will see the JIX (J-index) CURVE (red). The JIX CURVE shown here depends on the current stepping you have active (MW10 or MW9). See JIX help for more information.
One rule of thumb which can be deduced from these indices is this: whenever the Kyoto DST index plummets (goes to negative values, especially below -10), the global & polar A indices rocket, and, as a consequence, the conditions -- trans-Atlantic conditions in particular -- will deteriorate.
SPACE WX in WWW window
In addition to this dedicated CONDX screen, an extended space weather report is readily available in the TOOLBAR > WWW under the SPACE WX menu. This space weather data is read in real-time from the Internet.
The explanations of the parameters shown in the space weather tables under the SPACE WX menu are as follows:
SSN: Last measured daily sunspot number
SSNm: Last predicted monthly smoothed sunspot number
SFI: Last measured solar flux index
90-day SFI: 90-day mean solar flux index
Au (N): Aurora index (north). Max value is 10 (OBSOLETE!)
Kt: Last measured Tromso (Norway) K index. The threshold for disturbance = 5.
At: Last calculated Tromso (Norway) A index. The same as Polar A index in the space weather screen.
Kyoto Dst: The Kyoto Dst index. See also the menu KYOTO in JAGUAR BROWSER!
Bz: The direction of the IMF or interplanetary (the Sun's) magnetic field. The Bz value is normally around 0. When this turns to high negative numbers, it means disturbed conditions.
SW: Solar wind speed (in km/s, typically around 400 km/s)
X-Ray: Last measured X-Ray value (Class C, M and X solar flares indicate minor and major storms in a few days). The B class events produce no disturbances.
PCA: 24-hour Polar Cap Absorption forecast (typically caused by proton events, therefore other proton measurements not mentioned). “Green” means no Polar Cap Absorption is expected during the next 24 hours.
Proton: Current proton flux. The threshold for disturbance = 10
Kp: Last measured planetary K index. The threshold for disturbance = 5
Ap: Last calculated planetary A index. The same as Global A in the space weather screen.
Dst: Another Dst index
24-h Kt: The last eight K index values from Tromso (Norway)
These parameters are followed by yesterday’s and today’s X-Ray events, exceeding the C level. On the right table, a 3-day outlook (OUTLOOK) on the space weather is shown, in terms of the Solar Flux Index (SFI), Planetary A index (Ap) as well as the maximum values for K index (Kp) on the high latitudes (HL) and mid-latitudes (ML).
The rest of the table shows the forecasts for High Latitude Geomagnetic and Mid Latitude Geomagnetic Disturbances for up to the next 48 hours.
SPACE WX in other displays
All the rest SPACE WX data refer to a subset of previous values monitored and saved during the time of the playback. Most often you'll see the four main values (Solar wind, Kyoto DST, Polar A and K) and in addition either Bz or the Proton number.
STATUSBAR contains four "colour boxes" for a quick visual evaluation of SPACE WX at the time of playback, more details of this can be found in STATUSBAR help.