[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 01/17
ISSUED AT 27/0034Z APRIL 2001
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
FROM 28-29 APRIL 2001

A CME associated with the M7 flare observed at 1314UT on 26
April is expected to impact the Earth in the latter half of
the UT day on 28 April. Minor to major strom levels are
expected to follow.

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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
28 Apr: Initially quiet to unsettled, with minor to major storm
	levels possible in the latter half of the UT day.
29 Apr: Minor to major storm levels.


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