[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 02/33
ISSUED AT 02/0026Z OCTOBER 2002
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

UNEXPECTED MAJOR TO SEVERE STORM PERIODS OBSERVED OVERNIGHT. 
NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT OF THE INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD REMAINS 
MODERATELY SOUTHWARD AT TIME OF REPORT ISSUE. 


INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
FOR 02 OCTOBER 2002
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
02 Oct:  ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM PERIODS EXPECTED FIRST HALF OF 
THE UT DAY TODAY. 


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