:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Mar 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 80 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Mar 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Mar 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 Mar Nmbr Location Lo 2701 S ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (20 March 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * The Spread of Mangroves in Senegal https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91867&src=eoa-iotd * Record Low Snowpack in Afghanistan https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91851&src=eoa-iotd * Lake Darodzan in Sunglint https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91860&src=eoa-iotd * Going for Atmo ...Continue Reading

  March 20, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-048*NASA to Launch Parachute Test off Virginia Coast March 27* The Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) 2 payload undergoes testing in the sounding rocket payload facility at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, prior to transport to the launch pad on Wallops Island. */Credits: NASA/Berit Bland/* NASA will test a parachute for possible future missions to Mars from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facilit ...Continue Reading

  March 20, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-047*NASA to Preview Upcoming US Spacewalk, Provide Live Coverage* NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Randy Bresnik work outside the International Space Station on Oct. 5, 2017, to replace a part on the station’s robotic arm. Fellow NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold will don spacesuits and exit the station’s Quest airlock March 29, 2018, to install wireless communications equipment, swap out high-definition video cameras, and remo ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2743 Issue Time: 2018 Mar 20 0900 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2742 Begin Time: 2018 Mar 16 0105 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 19545 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 Mar 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 79 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Mar 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Mar 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 Mar Nmbr Location Lo 2701 S ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TROPICAL STORM ELIAKIM The storm reached northern Madagascar in mid-March 2018. * Tropical Storm Eliakim (Image from Mar 15, 2018; Posted Mar 15, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91848&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of N ...Continue Reading

  March 19, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-045*NASA to Discuss Upcoming Launch of Next Planet Hunter * The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA Explorer mission launching in 2018 to study exoplanets, or planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. TESS will discover thousands of exoplanets in orbit around the brightest stars in the sky. */Credits: NASA GSFC /* Join NASA at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 28, as astrophysics experts discuss the upcoming launch of NASA’s ...Continue Reading

  March 19, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-046*Media Invited to View NASA's Mission to Study Mars Interior* NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander will be the first mission to look deep beneath the Martian surface and study the planet's interior by measuring its heat output and listening for marsquakes. */Credits: NASA/* Media are invited to view NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and He ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2742 Issue Time: 2018 Mar 19 0859 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2741 Begin Time: 2018 Mar 16 0105 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5389 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