[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 01/05
ISSUED AT 16/2332Z MARCH 2001
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A SEMI-HALO CORONAL MASS EJECTION WAS OBSERVED IN THE 
LASCO SPACE BASED CORONAGRAPH IMAGES COMMENCING AROUND 
0400UT ON 16 MAR. THE SEMI-HALO APPEARED TO BE BIASED MORE AROUND 
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OF THE SOLAR DISK AND SUBJECTIVELY OF 
MODERATE STRENGTH. THE LARGE BUSHY SOLAR FILAMENT IN THE NORTHWEST 
SOLAR QUADRANT REMAINS IN PLACE, AND CME WAS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH A 
SMALL C CLASS FLARE AND THE POSSIBLE ERUPTION OF A MINOR FILAMENT. 

AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT MODERATELY INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 
IS EXPECTED DURING INTERVAL 18 TO 19 MARCH 2001
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
18 Mar: Initially, quiet to unsettled then increasing to 
        active levels. Outside chance for isolated minor storm
        periods during local night hours at high latitudes.
19 Mar: Initially active, declining to unsettled.


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