:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Sep 10 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 254 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U.S. Fire season in the West can stretch from late spring until seasonal winter rains and snow arrive. * Downslope Winds Fan Western Fires (Image from Sep 8, 2020; Posted Sep 9, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147254/downslope-winds-fan-western-fires/?src=nha * A Smoky Inferno (Image from ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3051 Issue Time: 2020 Sep 09 0947 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3050 Begin Time: 2020 Aug 30 1325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 9181 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: 2020 Sep 09 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 253 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (8 September 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explore your backyard or the other side of the Earth with EO Explorer. For more than 20 years, the Earth Observatory has published stories from all over our planet. Now we encourage you to explore those stories in a different way: by location. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/map ----- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * A Smoky Inferno https: ...Continue Reading

  September 08, 2020 RELEASE 20-087 *NASA Selects Catherine Koerner as Orion Program Manager*  Catherine Koerner */Credits: NASA/* NASA has selected Catherine Koerner as manager of the agency’s Orion Program. In this role, she will be responsible for the development and operations of NASA’s newest spacecraft that will carry astronauts on Artemis missions to the Moon and return them safely to Earth. Koerner begins her new position effective Tuesday, Sept. 8. &aci ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on Wednesday September 9, 2020, 12:00pm Eastern time for our History Brown Bag talk: *Dr. Lisa Ruth Rand, *"A Limited Natural Resource: Environmental Sovereignty in GEO" * * *Abstract: *The first satellite to reach geostationary orbit (GEO) shrank the planet in space and time, facilitating instantaneous, uninterrupted broadcasts across unprecedented distances. Twelve years later, a coalition of equatorial nations cla ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3050 Issue Time: 2020 Sep 08 0533 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3049 Begin Time: 2020 Aug 30 1325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 10220 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 Su ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON The Western Pacific sees more tropical storms and typhoons each year than any other ocean basin. * Super Typhoon Haishen (Image from Sep 4, 2020; Posted Sep 4, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147246/super-typhoon-haishen/?src=nha -------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U.S. Fire season in the West can stretch from late spring until seasonal winter rains and snow arrive. Climate change has made recent warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles. * California Continues to Burn (Image from Sep 1, 2020; Posted Sep 3, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/image ...Continue Reading