Aurora visible NOW (15 August)

Aurora are Happening NOW. Unaided eye Aurora and beams have been reported in Tasmania, from a wide variety of locations, Inverlock Victoria and some faint camera only colour in South Australia.

An Aurora Alert and a geomagnetic alert has been issued by the Australian  IPS for the 16th due to an anticipated impact from a coronal mass ejection, this activity is possibly due to its early arrival.
Currently, the Kindex is 5. Velocity: 453 km/sec Bz: -7.0 nT Density = 26.0 p/cc

Dark sky sites have the best chance of seeing anything, and always allow around 5 minutes for your eyes to become dark adapted.

As always look to the south for shifting red/green glows, beams have been reported consistently over the last few aurora and a large green “blob” has been seen.

The all sky aurora camera in Northern Tasmania at Cressy may be helpful.
http://www.ips.gov.au/Geophysical/4/2>

SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 15/32
ISSUED AT 0147UT/14 AUGUST 2015
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A partial halo CME observed in LASCO C2 imagery at 14:48 UT on
12 August associated with the long duration B7.0 flare and the
filament eruption from the southwest quadrant is expected to
cause a glancing blow early in the UT day, 16 August. Expect
periods of Unsettled to Active levels in Australian region with
chance of isolated periods of minor storms at higher latitudes.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
DUE TO CORONAL MASS EJECTION
FOR 16 AUGUST 2015
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
16 Aug:  Unsettled to Active

SUBJ: IPS AURORA OUTLOOK
ISSUED AT 0153 UT ON 14 Aug 2015 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE

A partial halo CME observed in LASCO C2 imagery at 14:48 UT on 12
August associated with the long duration B7.0 flare and the filament
eruption from the southwest quadrant is expected to cause a glancing
blow early in the UT day, 16 August. Expect periods of Unsettled to
Active levels in Australian region with chance of isolated periods of
minor storms at higher latitudes. Aurora sighting may be possible on
the local nighttime hours on 16 August from the Southern regions of
Australia.

Follow the progress of this event on the IPS web site
by following the links to the Space Weather Status Panel,
Home > Space Weather

Further monitoring at
http://www.ips.gov.au