[ips-sf] IPS Summary Forecast for 17 March - issued 2326UT/16-Mar-2013

rwc rwc at ips.gov.au
Sun Mar 17 10:26:54 EST 2013


A long duration X-ray flare was observed close to the center of the
visible solar disc on the 15th of March UT. A coronal mass ejection
observed in association with this flare is expected to strike the
Earth in the first half of the 17th of March UT causing up to Major
Storm levels of geomagnetic activity. HF communication conditions may
be degraded as a result from late on the 17th of March until the
19th.

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