[Ips-aurora-alert] Aurora Watch

[rwc at ips.gov.au]

SUBJ: IPS AURORA WATCH
ISSUED AT 0601 UT ON 05 Jul 2015 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE

A moderate geomagnetic storm (G2, Kp=6) is in progress due to the
arrival of fast solar wind with IMF Bz southward excursions. Auroras
may be visible from Tasmania looking south this Sunday evening, 5
July, especially before moonrise.


Australian Space Forecast Centre
IPS Radio and Space Services
Bureau of Meteorology

P: +61 2 9213 8010
E: asfc at ips.gov.au