:Product: 19960405GEOA.txt :Issued: 1996 Apr 05 0330 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # GEOALERT WWA096 UGEOA 20401 60405 0330/ 9930/ 10051 20051 30051 99999 UGEOE 20401 60405 0330/ 04/00 99999 UGEOI 20401 60405 0330/ 04/// 10011 20700 30090 40000 50000 61008 71904 80001 90010 99999 UGEOR 20401 60405 0330/ 04/24 05101 17955 20000 30000 41001 50010 60001 48301 00000 99999 PLAIN STRATWARM ALERT/THU/STRATWARM EXISTS. INTENSE WARMING OVER EUROPE CONTINUES.FINAL WARMING IN PROGRESS. WARM AIR WILL SPREAD NORTH AND NORTHEASTWARDS,COVERING THE EAST- ERN HEMISPHERE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. THE VORTEX, CENTRED SOUTH OF SPITSBERGEN FURTHER WEAKENS, WHILE A LARGE ANTICYCLONE WILL COVER SOUTHEAST EUROPE, ASIA AND CANADA, INCLUDING THE ADJACENT ARCTIC. THE FINAL TRANSITION TO SUMMER IS EXPECTED DURING APRIL. EFFECTIVE AT 2030Z ON 03 APRIL, 1996, GOES-9 HAS BECOME THE PRIMARY SATELLITE FOR X-RAY FLUX, PARTICLE FLUX, AND SATELLITE MAGNETOMETER DATA AT SEC. GOES-8 HAS BECOME THE SECONDARY SATELLITE AND GOES-7 DATA SETS WILL NO LONGER BE USED IN DAILY PRODUCTS. 99999