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

[rwc at ips.gov.au]

SUBJ: ASWFC AURORA WATCH
ISSUED AT 0551 UT ON 17 Feb 2023
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING CENTRE

A coronal mass ejection is expected to impact the Earth within the
next 48 hours, possibly resulting in geomagnetic activity and visible
auroras during local nighttime hours in Tasmania and southern
Victoria. Aurora alerts will follow if significant geomagnetic
activity actually occurs.


Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre
Bureau of Meteorology

E: ASWFC at bom.gov.au