:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Apr 14 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 104 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Apr 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2704 N12E36 033 0030 Bxo 03 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13/ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ACTIVITY AT AOBA VOLCANO The volcano on Ambae Island in Vanuatu became increasingly active in mid-March 2018. * Activity at Aoba Volcano (Image from Apr 11, 2018; Posted Apr 12, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91996&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natur ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2761 Issue Time: 2018 Apr 13 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2760 Begin Time: 2018 Apr 10 1830 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 25452 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Apr 13 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 103 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Apr 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2704 N10E51 030 0030 Bxo 02 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/ ...Continue Reading

  April 12, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-003*NASA to Announce Quiet Supersonic Research Flights in Galveston* NASA will hold a news conference at 9 a.m. CDT Tuesday, April 17, to unveil plans to conduct a series of supersonic technology research flights over the Galveston, Texas, area, in support of the agency’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project. The flights, which will take off from nearby Ellington Airport, will take place in November 2018, and feature a NASA F/A-18 aircraft perf ...Continue Reading

  April 12, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-058*NASA to Discuss Deep Space Exploration Progress at Johnson Space Center* NASA's Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System rocket, and other systems being built and tested, will advance technology and enable increasingly complex missions near the Moon and beyond. */Credits: NASA/* Media are invited to see how engineers and scientists are helping make NASA’s deep space human exploration plans a reality at the agency’s Johnson Space Center ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2760 Issue Time: 2018 Apr 12 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2759 Begin Time: 2018 Apr 10 1830 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 11644 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Apr 12 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 102 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Apr 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the “RapidScat Level 2B Climate Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Footprints Version 2.0” (hereafter L2B Version 2.0) dataset. This dataset consists of Version 2.0 L2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the RapidScat Ku-band scatterometer aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that r ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE KENI The second tropical cyclone to hit Fiji in April 2018 delivered more flooding to the island group. * Tropical Cyclone Keni (Image from Apr 10, 2018; Posted Apr 11, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91987&src=nha -- FLOODS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FLOODING IN THE CEN ...Continue Reading