Monday, October 22, 2018 Please join us for the upcoming NASA Earthdata Webinar "Goodbye FTP, New Ways to Access NASA's Physical Oceanography Data at PO.DAAC" on Wednesday, October 24th! NASA is in the process of deprecating the use of the FTP protocol for data and information access. In line with these efforts, the Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) is pleased to offer Drive as a robust FTP alternative for browsing and retrieving physical oceanography data at PO.DAAC (https: ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE MICHAEL In October 2018, Hurricane Michael struck the Florida coast as a Category 4 storm and cut a path of destruction across the southeastern United States. * Lights Out in Michael's Wake (Image from Oct 12, 2018; Posted Oct 16, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92887/lights-out-in-michaels-wake/?src=nha ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORMS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Occasionally, large plumes of dust stream from dry areas in southern Africa. * Dust Streams from Southwestern Africa (Image from Oct 21, 2018; Posted Oct 22, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92927/dust-streams-from-southwestern-africa/?src=nha ------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-43 2018 October 21 at 6:50 p.m. MDT (2018 October 22 0050 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 15-21 No significant space weather was observed during the summary period. Outlook For October 22-28 No significant space weather is expected for the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NS ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Oct 22 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 295 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Oct 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo 2724 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Oct 21 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 294 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Oct 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo 2724 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2867 Issue Time: 2018 Oct 20 1716 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2866 Begin Time: 2018 Oct 16 1610 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1333 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: 2018 Oct 20 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 293 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Oct 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo 2724 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2866 Issue Time: 2018 Oct 19 1647 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2865 Begin Time: 2018 Oct 16 1610 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1363 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: 2018 Oct 19 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 292 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Oct 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo 2724 ...Continue Reading