[Ips-aurora-alert] ASWFC AURORA ALERT EQUATORIAL LATITUDES issued 2223 UT on 19 Jan 2026 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

[Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre]

SUBJ: ASWFC AURORA ALERT EQUATORIAL LATITUDES
ISSUED AT 2223 UT ON 19 Jan 2026 
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING CENTRE
        

SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS. AURORA MAY BE OBSERVED
DURING LOCAL NIGHT TIME HOURS IN GOOD OBSERVING CONDITIONS
AT REGIONS AS FAR EQUATORWARD AS EQUATORIAL LATITUDES.

Follow the progress of this event on the ASWFC web site
on the Space Weather Status Panel,
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Space_Weather

Previous reports are archived under
http://listserver.ips.gov.au/pipermail/ips-aurora-alert/

More information about ASWFC Aurora Alerts can be found under
our mailing list by following the links,
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Products_and_Services/4/1

This alert is not subject to forecaster validation. It is
automatically issued from autoscaled data which may produce
a false alarm on rare occasions.

Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
ASWFC at bom.gov.au
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