:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 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 233 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2719 S07E29 134 0010 Bxo 04 05 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20/ ...Continue Reading

Monday, August 20, 2018 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the GRACE Level-2 Release 06 (RL06) datasets from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).  These datasets complete the release of GRACE Level-2 RL06 products (see Release announcement on July, 16, 2018).  The RL06 version of GRACE Level-2 has made several significant improvements and updates from the current RL05, including updated background force models and improved parameterizations. For more details, please read the ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2822 Issue Time: 2018 Aug 20 1916 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2821 Begin Time: 2018 Aug 18 1410 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 18287 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 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 4 new images) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES As temperatures became warmer and drier with the arrival of summer, fire season picks up in the Western United States. * Smoky Skies in North America (Image from Aug 15, 2018; Posted Aug 16, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92612/smoky-skies-in-north-america/?src=nha * Smoky Oreg ...Continue Reading

  August 20, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-123*NASA to Host Media Briefing on Mission to Return Asteroid Sample to Earth*  Illustration of NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 24, to provide an update on upcoming activities related to the agency’s first mission to return a sample of an astero ...Continue Reading

  August 20, 2018  M18-124*NASA Hosts Live Science Chat: One Year After Eclipse 2017* The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second during a partial solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls /* On the one-year anniversary of the historic 2017 Eclipse Across America, NASA will host a Science Chat at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 21, to discuss ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-34 2018 August 19 at 10:33 p.m. MDT (2018 August 20 0433 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 13-19 No significant space weather activity was observed. Outlook For August 20-26 There is a chance for G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions on 20-21 August due to coronal hole high speed stream activity. Data used to provide space weather services ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Aug 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 232 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2719 S06E43 133 0010 Bxo 03 05 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 19/ ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2821 Issue Time: 2018 Aug 19 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2820 Begin Time: 2018 Aug 18 1410 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7218 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 Aug 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 231 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Aug 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2718 S07W03 192 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 18 ...Continue Reading