[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING issued 0416 UT on 02 May 2016 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 16/16
ISSUED AT 0415UT/02 MAY 2016
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

Prolonged periods of negative Bz and some strengthening in solar 
wind stream are expected to raise geomagnetic activity to unsettled 
to minor storm levels on 02 May.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED 
DUE TO CORONAL HOLE HIGH SPEED WIND STREAM
FOR 02 MAY 2016
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
02 May:  Unsettled to minor storm.

Space Weather Services              email: asfc at bom.gov.au
Bureau of Meteorology
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Haymarket NSW 1240  AUSTRALIA       FTP: ftp://ftp-out.sws.bom.gov.au
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