[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 02/29
ISSUED AT 16/2223Z AUGUST 2002
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A M5 FLARE/SOLAR MASS EJECTION WAS OBSERVED AT 1232UT ON
16 AUG.

SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
FROM 18-19 AUGUST 2002.
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
18 Aug:  Major storm, chance for severe storm periods.
19 Aug:  Initially active , then declining to unsettled levels.


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