Space Weather News for March 17, 2003<br />http://www.spaceweather.com<br /><br /><br />Geomagnetic activity intensified to moderate levels on March 17th,<br />improving the chances for Northern and Southern Lights. High-latitude sky<br />watchers in places like New Zealand, southern Australia, Alaska, Canada<br />and northern US states such as Michigan and Minnesota should remain alert<br />for auroras.<br /><br /><br />Earth has been inside a high-speed solar wind stream flowing from a<br />coronal hole on the Sun since March 14th. The coronal hole is a large one,<br />and solar wind gusts could continue to buffet our planet's magnetic field<br />for several more days.<br /><br /><br />Visit spaceweather.com for movies and images of ongoing geomagnetic<br />activity.