[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 00/48
ISSUED AT 06/2030Z NOVEMBER 2000
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A SHOCK WAS OBSERVED IN THE SOLAR WIND AT 0914UT ON
06 NOV. THE SHOCK PROBABLY ORIGINATED FROM RECENT CORONAL
MASS EJECTION EVENTS. A SUDDEN IMPULSE OF 35NT OBSERVED AT
CANBERRA AT 0949UT. MINOR TO MAJOR STORM PERIODS FOLLOWED
IMPULSE.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE 07 NOVEMBER 2000
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
07 Nov:  Initially at minor storm levels then declining
         to unsettled to active by end of UT day.



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