November 07, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-126 *NASA TV Coverage Set for Complex Spacewalks, Briefings* This picture, taken by NASA astronaut Ron Garan during a spacewalk on July 12, 2011, shows the International Space Station with space shuttle Atlantis docked at the edge of the frame on the far right and a Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked to Pirs, below the sun. In the foreground is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment installed during the STS-134 mission. AMS is a state-of-the-art particle physics detector ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Nov 07 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 311 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Nov 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo 2750 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WILDFIRES IN AUSTRALIA Drought conditions have primed many regions for unusually high and intense fire activity. * Fire in Western Australia (Image from Nov 5, 2019; Posted Nov 5, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145838/fire-in-western-australia/?src=nha -- DROUGHT (0 updated event, 1 new image) -- * Fire in Western Austra ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3010 Issue Time: 2019 Nov 06 1516 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3009 Begin Time: 2019 Nov 01 1250 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3050 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: 2019 Nov 06 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 310 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Nov 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo 2750 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (05 November 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Haze Smothers Northern India https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145827/haze-smothers-northern-india/?src=eoa-iotd * Retreat Begins at Taku Glacier https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145830/retreat-begins-at-taku-glacier/?src=eoa-iotd * Palu Landslides Linked to Rice Irrigation https://earthobse ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- HAZE IN INDIA Hazy skies have become an autumn tradition of sorts for the residents of several states in northern India. Each October and November, usually around the time of Diwali celebrations, a pall of smoke hangs over large swaths of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. * Haze in Northern India (Image from Nov 4, 2019; Posted Nov 4, 2019) https: ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3009 Issue Time: 2019 Nov 05 1236 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3008 Begin Time: 2019 Nov 01 1250 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2389 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: 2019 Nov 05 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 309 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Nov 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nov Nmbr Location Lo 2750 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 2019 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Fire season in the Western United States stretches from late spring until the winter rains arrive near the end of the calendar year. Climate change has made the past few years warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles. * Kincade Fire Grows Overnight (Image from Oct 29, 2019; Posted ...Continue Reading