The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONES LAM AND MARCIA BATTER AUSTRALIA Two potent storms hit northern Australia within six hours on February 19, 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85335&src=nha *** Image from Feb 19, 2015 (Posted on Feb 20, 2015 2:46 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- COLIMA VO ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- COLIMA VOLCANO ERUPTS An ash plume billows above one of Mexico's most active volcanoes. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85346&src=nha *** Image from Feb 08, 2015 (Posted on Feb 23, 2015 9:59 AM) -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 24 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 55 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2287 N14W46 107 0030 Cro 05 04 Beta 2290 N20E05 056 0040 Dao 06 08 Beta 2292 S09E50 0 ...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 February 23, 2015 * NASA Hosts Media Briefing on Mission to Study Dynamic Magnetic System Around Earth *  Artist concept of MMS, a mission to study how magnetic fields release energy in a process known as magnetic reconnection. MMS consists of four identical observatories that will fly in a tight formation and provide the first th ...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 February 23, 2015 * Jurczyk Named Head of NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate *  NASA's Steve Jurczyck addresses an audience during a manufacturing event in Hampton, Virginia, last month. Image Credit: NASA/Gary Banziger  NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Steve Jurczyk as the agency's Associate Administrato ...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 February 23, 2015 * NASA Briefing to Highlight Early Results from New Earth Science Missions *  Five new Earth science missions have joined NASA’s orbiting fleet since the launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission one year ago.Image Credit: NASA  Over the past 12 months NASA has added five missions to its orbi ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-8 2015 February 22 at 6:32 p.m. MST (2015 February 23 0132 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 16-22 G1 (minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on late on 17 February and again early on 18 February due to high speed solar winds from a negative polarity coronal hole. Outlook For February 23-March 1 No significant space weather is expected throu ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 23 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 54 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2287 N15W33 107 0020 Cro 04 03 Beta 2289 S07E17 057 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2290 N20E18 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 22 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 53 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2287 N14W18 105 0030 Dro 07 05 Beta 2288 S08W80 167 0040 Cao 08 05 Beta 2289 S07E29 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 21 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 52 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2287 N14W04 104 0030 Cri 08 05 Beta 2288 S08W66 166 0040 Cao 06 04 Beta 2289 S07E43 0 ...Continue Reading