The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON NALGAE Nalgae formed as a tropical depression over the western Pacific Ocean on September 27, 2011. Within two days, it had strengthened into a typhoon. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52366&src=nha *** MPA(TRMM) image from Sep 26, 2011 (Posted on Oct 03, 2011 3:32 PM) ------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Oct. 4, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Patrick Lynch Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-3854/757-897-2047 patrick.lynch@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-337 ARCTIC SEA ICE CONTINUES DECLINE, HITS SECOND-LOWEST LEVEL WASHINGTON -- Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado in Boulder showe ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1854 Issue Time: 2011 Oct 04 1106 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1853 Begin Time: 2011 Oct 02 1355 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2415 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscalesThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 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 277 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1302 N13W69 280 0320 Fko 19 10 Beta 1305 N11W36 247 0250 Chi 09 10 Beta 1306 N14W20 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 3, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-336 NASA TO SEEK APPLICANTS FOR NEXT ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE CLASS HOUSTON -- In early November, NASA will seek applicants for its next class of astronaut candidates who will support long-duration missions to the International Space Station and future deep space exploration activities. "For scientists, engine ...Continue Reading

Oct. 3, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Caroline McCall Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 617-253-1682 Cmcall5@mit.edu RELEASE: 11-335 NASA INVITES STUDENTS TO NAME MOON-BOUND SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA has a class assignment for U.S. students: help the agency give the twin spacecraft headed to orbit around the moon new names. The naming contest is open ...Continue Reading

Oct. 3, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-334 NASA AWARDS HISTORIC GREEN AVIATION PRIZE MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, created to inspire the development of more fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric airplane industry. The technologies demonstrated by the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, competitors may end up in general aviation aircraft, spawning n ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN AUSTRALIA Fires burned throughout northern Australia during September 2011 at the end of the dry winter season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52361&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 30, 2011 (Posted on Sep 30, 2011 3:48 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STOR ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1853 Issue Time: 2011 Oct 03 1101 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1852 Begin Time: 2011 Oct 02 1355 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1458 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscalesThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 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 276 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1302 N16W55 278 0410 Fkc 16 14 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1305 N12W26 249 0190 Dsi 06 09 Beta-Gam ...Continue Reading