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vk3pa
Deceased
Australia
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 Posted - 20 Mar 2006 : 06:35:47 AM
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A moderate to major geomagnetic storm (Kp=5-6) is in progress since
yesterday March 18, around 20:00UT. It was caused by a new rise of the
, with simultaneous wide Southward excursions
of the Bz component of the IMF. All ground-based magnetographs currently
show a decrease of the geomagnetic activity. However, as the solar wind
speed stays high, we still expect possible active to minor storm surges
in the next 12 to 24h.
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geomagnetic storm (Kp=5-6) is in progress since
