Forecast: Auroral activity will be quiet. Weather permitting, quiet displays will be visible overhead at the South Pole and the southern Indian Ocean, and visible low on the southern horizon from Macquarie Island, Australia and the Japanese antarctic Syowa Station.

Forecaster Comments: An unusual solar event occurred on Sept 30th. The effects of this event should reach Earth in approximately 24 hours from this message. How large and persistent these effects will be is not known. Watch the "short term forecast" for the increase in auroral activity that may occur in your sector.