[Ips-geo-warning] SWS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING issued 2257 UT on 07 Jan 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 17/02
ISSUED AT 2256UT/07 JANUARY 2017
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A recurrent equatorial coronal hole is still in the geoeffective 
location on the solar disk and the Earth is under the influence 
of the very strong solar wind stream associated with the coronal 
hole.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED 
DUE TO CORONAL HOLE HIGH SPEED WIND STREAM
FROM 07-08 JANUARY 2017
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
07 Jan:  Unsettled to Active
08 Jan:  Unsettled to Active

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