[Ips-aurora-alert] Aurora Watch [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[rwc at ips.gov.au]

SUBJ: IPS AURORA WATCH
ISSUED AT 0339 UT ON 05 Mar 2016 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE

A small equatorial coronal hole has taken a geoeffective location on
the solar disk. On UT day 6 and 7 March, active geomagnetic conditions
and at times possibly reaching minor storm levels is anticipated.
These conditions are forecasted in response of the CIR and subsequent
high speed solar wind streams associated with the coronal hole. There
is also the possibility that the CME associated with the 3rd March
eruptive filament from near the solar centre (~S10W05) will also cause
a faint blow at earth on 6 March. There is a chance that aurora may be
visible from high magnetic latitude regions of Australia, including
Tasmania and some parts of Victoria, on the local night of 6 March.

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

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