The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- BUSHFIRE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA High temperatures and strong winds fueled destructive wildfires near Adelaide, Australia, in January 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85020&src=nha *** Image from Jan 03, 2015 (Posted on Jan 05, 2015 10:06 AM) OIL FIRE, LIBYA An oil fire in As Sidr sent plumes of thick plumes ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA High temperatures and strong winds fueled destructive wildfires near Adelaide, Australia, in January 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85020&src=nha *** Image from Jan 03, 2015 (Posted on Jan 05, 2015 10:06 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SNOW IN THE U. ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option January 5, 2015 * NASA Announces Briefing on New Mission to Track Water in Earth’s Soil *  Artist’s rendering of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft in orbit.Image Credit: NASA  NASA will hold a media briefing at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 8, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarte ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-1 2015 January 4 at 6:20 p.m. MST (2015 January 5 0120 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 29-January 4 G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm levels were reached on 29 December 2014 and again on 03 and 04 January 2015. This was due to prolonged periods of southward interplanetary magnetic field Bz associated with high speed solar winds from a pair of negativ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 05 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 5 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2248 S19W82 081 0020 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2251 S13W48 047 0100 Dso 08 05 Beta 2252 S20W27 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 04 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 4 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2248 S19W68 080 0030 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2251 S13W35 047 0160 Dao 09 06 Beta 2252 S20W15 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 03 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 3 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2246 N19W83 108 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2248 S19W55 080 0050 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2251 S12W21 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2150 Issue Time: 2015 Jan 02 1251 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2149 Begin Time: 2014 Dec 31 1355 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1218 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 02 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 2 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2246 N19W69 108 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2248 S19W42 081 0050 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2251 S13W09 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OIL FIRE, LIBYA An oil fire in As Sidr sent plumes of thick plumes smoke drifting over the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara desert in December 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85009&src=nha *** Image from Dec 29, 2014 (Posted on Dec 31, 2014 4:53 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- S ...Continue Reading