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QST de W1AW  
> Propagation Forecast Bulletin 28  ARLP028
> From Tad Cook, K7VVV
> Seattle, WA  July 8, 2002
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB PROP ARL ARLP028
> ARLP028 Propagation de K7VVV
> 
> This is another short bulletin, following the mid-week Propagation
> Forecast Bulletin ARLP027 put out just before the holiday on July 3.
> With this bulletin will come the solar data for the previous week.
> 
> Average sunspot numbers were down last week (June 27 through July
> 3), but the average solar flux rose slightly. A component of this
> was a solar flux reading of 172.5 on July 3, quite a rise above the
> recent average flux numbers running below 150. This was a one-day
> event though, and the flux values are back down again. Predicted
> solar flux values for this week, Monday through Friday, are 132,
> 130, 130, 130 and 125.
> 
> We have been affected by a solar wind for the past few days, and the
> predicted planetary A index of 15 for Monday and 12 for Tuesday
> indicates continued unsettled conditions.
> 
> Sunspot numbers for June 27 through July 3 were 106, 94, 105, 111,
> 100, 85 and 147, with a mean of 106.9. 10.7 cm flux was 138.6,
> 137.3, 142.7, 146.5, 147.4, 148.5, and 172.5, with a mean of 147.6.
> Estimated planetary A indices were 7, 7, 9, 16, 15, 9, and 7, with a
> mean of 10.
> 


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