Monday, September 28, 2020 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the NOAA CYGNSS Level 2 Science Wind Speed 25-km Product Version 1.1. More information regarding the CYGNSS mission and instrumentation is available from PO.DAAC’s mission webpage. This dataset provides the time-tagged and geolocated average wind speed (m/s) in 25x25 kilometer grid cells along the measurement tracks from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI) aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. This version corresponds to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 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. * Bobcat Fire Scorches Southern California (Image from Sep 21, 2020; Posted Sep 23, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147324/bobcat-fire-scorches-southern-california/?src=nha -- SEVERE STORMS ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3060 Issue Time: 2020 Sep 28 0801 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3059 Begin Time: 2020 Sep 24 1540 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 16737 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

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #20-39 2020 September 27 at 7:33 p.m. MDT (2020 September 28 0133 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 21-27 G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storms were observed on 27 Sep. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 24-27 Sep. No other space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For September 28-October 4 G2 (Moderate) ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Sep 28 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 272 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo 2773 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3059 Issue Time: 2020 Sep 27 0503 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3058 Begin Time: 2020 Sep 24 1540 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3802 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 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 271 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo 2773 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3058 Issue Time: 2020 Sep 26 1316 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3057 Begin Time: 2020 Sep 24 1540 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6990 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 26 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 270 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2773 N27E32 087 0010 Axx 00 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 25 ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2020 CONTRACT RELEASE C20-026*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for IMAP Mission* NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which includes four secondary payloads. IMAP will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a magnetic barrier surrounding our solar system. This region is where the constant flow of particles from o ...Continue Reading