[Ips-geo-warning] SWS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING issued 0457 UT on 03 May 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 17/22
ISSUED AT 0455UT/03 MAY 2017
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A weak, slow moving CME is expected to have a glancing impact 
on Earth in the later half of UT day 03 May. There is a small 
chance of geomagnetic activity reaching Minor Storm levels at 
high latitudes in the later half of the UT day 03 May.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED 
DUE TO CORONAL MASS EJECTION
FROM 03-05 MAY 2017
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
03 May:  Quiet to Active, with possible isolated Minor Storm later in the UT day
04 May:  Active
05 May:  Unsettled

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