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

[rwc at ips.gov.au]

SUBJ: SWS AURORA WATCH
ISSUED AT 0604 UT ON 15 Mar 2018 by Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE

Effects of a recurrent coronal hole are expected to impact the Earth
over the next 24 hours. This may result in significant geomagnetic
activity with the chance of visible auroras for southernmost
Australian regions during local nighttime hours - should favourable
viewing conditions, elevated solar wind speeds and sustained southward
Bz conditions eventuate. Aurora alerts will follow if significant
geomagnetic activity actually occurs.


Australian Space Forecast Centre
Space Weather Services
Bureau of Meteorology

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