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

[rwc at ips.gov.au]

SUBJ: SWS AURORA WATCH
ISSUED AT 0143 UT ON 18 Mar 2018 by Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE

The solar wind will to be under the influence of a high speed solar
wind stream from a recurrent coronal hole for 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

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