[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 02/16
ISSUED AT 16/2255Z MAY 2002
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A SOLAR MASS EJECTION WAS OBSERVED EARLY ON
16 MAY. 

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
FROM SECOND HALF 18 TO FIRST HALF 19 MAY 2002 
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
18 May:  active to minor storm levels second half UT day.
19 May:  active to minor storm levels first half UT day.


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