[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 03/51
ISSUED AT 30/0230Z OCTOBER 2003
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A full halo CME, observed on 29 October, was associated
with the X10 flare observed at 2040UT/29 October. The CME 
is expeced to arrive in the late hours on 31 October or 
early hours on 01 November. The CME activity is expected 
to raise the geomagnetic activity upto minor to major storm 
levels. 

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
DUE TO CORONAL MASS EJECTION
FROM 31 OCTOBER 2003 TO 01 NOVEMBER 2003
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
31 Oct:  Unsettled to minor storm. 
01 Nov:  Active to major storm. 



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