[SFDXA] Space Weather News for Sept. 7, 2002

[Bill Marx]

Space Weather News for Sept. 7, 2002
 
AURORA WARNING: A solar wind shock wave swept past Earth on Sept. 7th at
approximately 1630 UT (12:30 EST). The interplanetary magnetic field
turned sharply south when the wave arrived, which means a geomagnetic
storm is likely. Sky watchers in New Zealand and southern Australia, where
it was nighttime when the shock wave struck, have a good chance of seeing
Southern Lights.  Observers in northern Europe, and perhaps Canada and
northern US states, might see Northern lights after local nightfall on
Saturday.