[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING issued 0337 UT on 05 Mar 2016 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 16/08
ISSUED AT 0337UT/05 MARCH 2016
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A small equatorial coronal hole has taken a geoeffective location 
on the solar disk. On UT day 6 and 7 March, active geomagnetic 
conditions and at times possibly reaching minor storm levels 
is anticipated. These conditions are forecasted in response of 
the CIR and subsequent high speed solar wind streams associated 
with the coronal hole. There is also the possibility that the 
CME associated with the 3rd March eruptive filament from near 
the solar centre (~S10W05) will also cause a faint blow at earth 
on 6 March. There is a chance that aurora may be visible from 
high magnetic latitude regions of Australia, including Tasmania 
and some parts of Victoria, on the local night of 6 March.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED 
DUE TO CORONAL HOLE HIGH SPEED WIND STREAM
FROM 06-07 MARCH 2016
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
06 Mar:  Active
07 Mar:  Quiet to Unsettled

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