[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 01/44
ISSUED AT 06/0210Z NOVEMBER 2001
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

THE SHOCK FROM THE RECENT X1 FLARE/CME HAS ARRIVED.
THE NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT OF THE INTERPLANTARY MAGNETIC
FIELD AS MEASURED BY ACE HAS GONE SOUTHWARD FROM -20nT 
to -65nT at 0124UT ON 06 NOV. OTHER SOLAR WIND PARAMETERS
ARE NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO DETECTOR SATURATION.

AN IMPRESSIVE SUDDEN IMPULSE WAS OBSERVED IN THE GEOMAGNETIC 
FIELD AT AROUND 0152UT.

SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY NOW EXPECTED
FOR 06-07 NOVEMBER 2001
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
06 Nov:  Severe Storm levels
07 Nov:  Initially at Severe Storm levels, then declining
	 second half of day.


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