Geomagnetic Disturbance Warning (16 October)

The Australian IPS has issued a Geomagnetic Disturbance Warning and the NOAA site has a predicted G1 storm from a fast moving solar wind stream from a coronal hole. Like the previous coronal hole warning there is not much likelihood of an aurora, but with dark skies it is worth keeping an eye out. The arrival of the solar wind stream will be anywhere between the evening of the 16th to the morning of the 17th Australian time.

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

Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds http://satview.bom.gov.au/

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 15/48
ISSUED AT 2345UT/15 OCTOBER 2015
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

The continued strengthening of solar wind stream due to coronal
hole effect may lead to isolated periods of minor geomagnetic
storm on 16 October.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
DUE TO CORONAL HOLE HIGH SPEED WIND STREAM
FOR 16 OCTOBER 2015
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
16 Oct:  Quiet to Active, isolated minor storm periods possible

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