October 02, 2019 CONTRACT RELEASE C19-024 *NASA Awards Contract for Operations, Maintenance of West Virginia Facility* NASA has awarded a contract to the West Virginia University Research Corporation in Morgantown, West Virginia, for support services at the agency’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) facility in Fairmont, West Virginia. “NASA’s IV&V Program has performed significant work on a multitude of missions and projects, and wi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WINTER WEATHER IN NORTH AMERICA 2019-20 An unusually heavy snowfall across the northern Rockies brought winter weather barely a week into autumn. * Snow in Montana and Canada (Image from Oct 1, 2019; Posted Oct 1, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145677/snow-in-montana-and-canada/?src=nha --------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2993 Issue Time: 2019 Oct 02 1249 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2992 Begin Time: 2019 Sep 28 1310 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2055 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 Oct 02 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 275 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Oct 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2749 S09E61 129 0000 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (1 October 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Ice Could Crumble from Planpincieux Glacier https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145673/ice-could-crumble-from-planpincieux-glacier/?src=eoa-iotd * A Pulse of Water for Lake Powell https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145667/a-pulse-of-water-for-lake-powell/?src=eoa-iotd * Three Decades of Urban Expansi ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2992 Issue Time: 2019 Oct 01 1231 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2991 Begin Time: 2019 Sep 28 1310 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 9178 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 Oct 01 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 274 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Oct 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Monday, September 30, 2019 The following message has been forwarded to all registered PO.DAAC users on behalf of the OSTM Team. After more than 11 years in orbit, the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on Jason-2 will permanently cease acquisition of scientific data at 06:48 UTC on 1 October 2019 due to aging-related issues onboard the spacecraft.  Approximately three hours later, the final pass 147 for science cycle 644 will be produced as an OGDR product and disseminated to operational users.&Aci ...Continue Reading

  September 30, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-104 *NASA Television to Cover Return of Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates* Two docked Russian spaceships, including the Soyuz MS-12 crew craft and the Progress 72 space freighter, are highlighted in this image as the International Space Station was about to cross South America 263 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut and Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Nick Hague and two crewmates on the International Space Statio ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2019 CYCLONE SEASON IN THE NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN Cyclones tend to form between April and December, fueled by changing seasons (in the west) and the monsoon (in the east). * Cyclone Hikaa Hits Oman (Image from Sep 24, 2019; Posted Sep 24, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145645/cyclone-hikaa-hits-oman/?src=nha -- DU ...Continue Reading