[Ips-geo-warning] SWS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING issued 0702 UT on 24 Aug 2018 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 18/17
ISSUED AT 0700UT/24 AUGUST 2018
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

There is a chance of a glancing blow from a slow moving coronal 
mass ejection (CME) that may arrive over the next 24 hours 
resulting in periods of Active to Minor Storm conditions.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY POSSIBLE 
DUE TO CORONAL MASS EJECTION
FROM 24-25 AUGUST 2018
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
24 Aug:  Quiet with the chance of Active to Minor Storm periods
25 Aug:  Unsettled

Space Weather Services              email: asfc at bom.gov.au
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