[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 03/05
ISSUED AT 04/0551Z FEBRUARY 2003
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
DUE TO CORONAL HOLE HIGH SPEED WIND STREAM
FROM 04-06 FEBRUARY 2003

Solar wind parameters suggest that a coronal hole high speed
solar wind stream has arrived earlier than expected which is
likely to produce an increase in geomagnetic activity levels
over the next few days.

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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
04 Feb:  Unsettled to active with possible minor storm periods.
05 Feb:  Unsettled to active with possible minor storm periods.
06 Feb:  Unsettled to active.



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