Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #22-5 2022 January 30 at 8:42 p.m. MST (2022 January 31 0342 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 24-30 An R1 (Minor) radio blackout event (M1 flare) was observed on 29 Jan. No other significant space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For January 31-February 6 A G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm is expected on 02 Feb due ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jan 31 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 31 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Jan 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2934 S26W62 169 0070 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2935 N27W72 179 0020 Bxo 03 02 Beta 2936 N17W09 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2022 PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS AND RED TIDES Floating, plant-like organisms reproduce abundantly when there are sufficient nutrients, sunlight, and water conditions. Extreme blooms of certain species can become harmful to marine animals and humans. * Coloring the South Atlantic (Image from Jan 24, 2022; Posted Jan 27, 2022) https://earth ...Continue Reading

January 28, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-001*NASA Awards Multiple Construction Contracts* NASA has awarded 12 construction contracts for work to be performed predominantly at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, and at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Each contractor has been awarded an 8(a) small business set-aside, indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that will be accessed using firm-fixed price task orders. Every contract has a total maximum ordering value o ...Continue Reading

Thursday, January 27, 2022 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the NOAA GHRSST VIIRS L2P/L3U v2.80 datasets onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) and the NOAA-20 (N20); designated pre-launch as “Joint Polar Satellite System-1”, or JPSS-1/J1 satellites. The v2.80 datasets are an updated version from the previous v2.61 VIIRS L2P/L3U datasets (DOI: 10.5067/GHV20-2PO61, 10.5067/GHVRS-2PO61, 10.5067/GHVRS-3UO61, and 10.5067/GHV20-3UO61). These datasets are processed with the NOAA A ...Continue Reading

January 27, 2022 RELEASE 22-012*NASA Statement on New Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Appointment* leshin-1041.jpg Laurie Leshin formally assumes her roles as director of NASA JPL and vice president of Caltech in May. */Credits: Photo Courtesy Worcester Polytechnic Institute/* The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the appointment of Dr. Laurie Leshin as director of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. “NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jan 27 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 27 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jan 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2934 S24W12 171 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2935 N27W21 180 0010 Bxo 06 02 Beta 2936 N15E47 ...Continue Reading

January 26, 2022 RELEASE 22-011*12 Companies to Provide Venture Class Launch Services for NASA* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has selected 12 companies to provide launch services for the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions, providing new opportunities for science and technology payloads and fostering a growing U.S. commercial launch market. Award selections are: [*]ABL Space Systems of El Segundo, California [*]Astra Space Inc. of Alameda, California [*]Blue Origin ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DUST STORMS 2022 Strong seasonal winds in spring and fall often loft dust from interior drylands. * Dust Storm Envelops the Arabian Sea (Image from Jan 22, 2022; Posted Jan 25, 2022) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149378/dust-storm-envelops-the-arabian-sea/?src=nha ------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (25 January 2022) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Dust Storm Envelops the Arabian Sea https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149378/dust-storm-envelops-the-arabian-sea/?src=eoa-iotd * Mapping Methane Emissions from Fossil Fuel Exploitation https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149374/mapping-methane-emissions-from-fossil-fuel-exploitation/?src=eoa-iotd * ...Continue Reading