[Ips-aurora-alert] Aurora Watch [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[rwc at ips.gov.au]

SUBJ: SWS AURORA WATCH
ISSUED AT 0658 UT ON 24 Aug 2018 by Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE

There is a chance of a glancing blow from a slow moving coronal mass
ejection (CME) that may arrive sometime over the next 24 hours
resulting in periods of Active to Minor Storm conditions. Should this
CME arrival eventuate during local nighttime hours, Aurora sightings
are possible from southernmost Australian regions (TAS and VIC
coastline) if favourable viewing conditions exist. Aurora alerts will
follow if significant geomagnetic activity actually occurs.


Australian Space Forecast Centre
Space Weather Services
Bureau of Meteorology

P: +61 2 9213 8010
E: asfc at bom.gov.au