[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 01/02
ISSUED AT 28/2352Z JANUARY 2001
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

M1 SOLAR XRAY FLARE OBSERVED AT 1603 UT ON 28 JAN. EVENT WAS 
ASSOCIATED WITH A CORONAL MASS EJECTION AND A PROTON EVENT WHICH BEGAN 
AT 2045UT ON 28 JAN. THE MAIN MASS EJECTION DIRECTION APPEARED 
TO BE BIASED MORE WESTWARD, WITH SOME FRACTION EARTHWARD DIRECTED. 
THE M1 FLARE WAS FROM A DECAYING REGION IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 
OF THE SOLAR DISK.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED ON 31 JANUARY 2001
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
31 Jan:  Initially unsettled, then active to minor storm periods. 


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