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

[rwc at ips.gov.au]

SUBJ: SWS AURORA WATCH
ISSUED AT 0458 UT ON 03 May 2017 by Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE

A weak slow moving coronal mass ejection is expected to have a
glancing impact at Earth within the next 48 hours, possibly resulting
in minor geomagnetic activity. There is a small chance of visible
auroras during local nighttime hours at high latitudes on 03 May and
possibly 04 May. Aurora alerts will follow if significant geomagnetic
activity actually occurs.


Australian Space Forecast Centre
Space Weather Services
Bureau of Meteorology

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