May 13, 2024 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past 7 Daysview archive of natural events Floods Engulf Porto Alegre Torrential rains have unleashed widespread and destructive flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state. (May 8, 2024) Sierra Snowpack Springs Back A May storm dumped over two feet of snow in one day on parts of the C ...Continue Reading

NASA to Discuss New Polar Climate Mission During Media Teleconference *MAY 13, 2024* *MEDIA ADVISORY M24-066* The PREFIRE mission will launch the first of two CubeSats – depicted in this artist’s concept orbiting Earth – into space on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, to study how much heat the planet absorbs and emits from its polar regions. These measurements will inform climate and ice models. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is hosting a media call at 3 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 15, to discuss the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Ra ...Continue Reading

May 13, 2024 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) ancillary data products. The SWOT mission is implemented jointly by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) to provide valuable data and information about the world's oceans and its terrestrial surface water such as lakes, rivers, and wetlands. Datasets included in this release are described below with their unique dataset short names and digital object identifiers (DOIs): [*]SWOT_MOE_1.0 (DOI: ...Continue Reading

*NASA Names First Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer*   May 13, 2024 RELEASE: 24-063 Credit: NASA * * NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named David Salvagnini as the agency’s new chief artificial intelligence (AI) officer, effective immediately. The role is an expansion of Salvagnini’s current role as chief data officer.   A wide variety of AI tools are used by NASA to benefit humanity from supporting missions and research projects across the agency, analyzing data to reveal trends and patterns ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #24-20 2024 May 13 at 7:51 a.m. MDT (2024 May 13 1351 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 6-12 R1 (Minor) and R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts were observed on 06-12 May due to flaring activity associated with Regions 3663, 3364, and most recently, Region 3679. R3 (Strong) radio blackouts were also observed on 06-12 May, with the exception of 07 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 May 13 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 134 Issued at 0030Z on 13 May 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3664 S19W75 349 1920 Fkc 18 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 3667 N27W32 306 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 May 12 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 133 Issued at 0030Z on 12 May 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3664 S18W62 349 2100 Fkc 23 43 Beta-Gamma-Delta 3667 N27W18 305 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: WATA99 Serial Number: 7 Issue Time: 2024 May 11 1753 UTC WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G4 or Greater Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: May 12: G5 (Extreme) May 13: G3 (Strong) May 14: G1 (Minor) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 45 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Cur ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 May 11 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 132 Issued at 0030Z on 11 May 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3663 N27W92 037 0300 Fkc 17 10 Beta-Gamma 3664 S17W48 347 2400 ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Expand Research Capabilities at Institutions Nationwide *MAY 10, 2024* *RELEASE 24-068* A photo of a team of researchers from the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras while working to discover a more efficient water recycling system for use on space missions. The team is comprised of doctoral students Liz Santiago-Martoral, on the left, and Alondra Rodriguez-Rolon, and their mentor Professor Eduardo Nicolau. One of their experiments can be seen on the countertop to the left of the group. Credits: ...Continue Reading