The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEA AND LAKE ICE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- ICE ON LAKE ERIE Ice on Lake Erie prevented the formation of extensive lake-effect clouds. * Ice on Lake Erie (Image from Jan 6, 2018; Posted Jan 8, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91552&src=nha COLD SNAP IN THE NORTHEAST Blasts of Arctic air spilled into the Midwest and Northeast in Decem ...Continue Reading

  January 09, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-008*NASA, Partners Discuss Power for Future Space Exploration* Mars fission power system concept. */Credits: NASA/* NASA and its partners will host a news conference at noon EST (9 a.m. PST) Thursday, Jan. 18, at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, to discuss a recent experiment involving a new power source that could provide the safe, efficient and plentiful energy needed for future robotic and human space exploration missions. Audio of ...Continue Reading

  January 09, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-006*NASA Invites Media to View Orion Test Capsule, Recovery Hardware* U.S. Navy divers and other personnel in a Zodiac boat secure a harness around a test version of the Orion crew module during Underway Recovery Test (URT) 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA and the U.S. Navy will conduct its sixth test Jan. 17-23 for recovery of the agency’s Orion spacecraft from the sea in preparation for its first uncrewed flight on the Sp ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 09 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 9 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2694 S32W03 244 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/24 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE AVA Tropical cyclone Ava swirled in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar in early January 2018. * Tropical Cyclone Ava Strikes Madagascar (Image from Jan 5, 2018; Posted Jan 5, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91540&src=nha -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- BLOOMS IN ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE AVA Tropical cyclone Ava swirled in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar in early January 2018. * Tropical Cyclone Ava Strikes Madagascar (Image from Jan 5, 2018; Posted Jan 5, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91540&src=nha 2018 NOR'EASTER The beginning of 2018 brought a powerful N ...Continue Reading

  January 08, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-005*U.S. Cargo Spacecraft Set for Departure from International Space Station* The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured attached to the Harmony module of the International Space Station after it arrived on Dec. 17. 2017. */Credits: NASA/* After delivering more than 4,800 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft will depart the orbiting laboratory on Saturday, Jan. 13. NASA will provide live co ...Continue Reading

  January 08, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-007*NASA Invites Media to See NOAA Weather Spacecraft Before March Launch* At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, technicians and engineers move NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) into a clean room for further processing. */Credits: NASA/Leif Heimbold /* Download high-resolution image here. Media are invited to view the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), the second in the N ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-2 2018 January 7 at 6:46 p.m. MST (2018 January 8 0146 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 1-7 No space weather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For January 8-14 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 08 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 8 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2693 N20W78 332 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/2 ...Continue Reading