:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 24 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 358 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2692 N18E03 087 0090 Dao 10 12 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 23/ ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2724 Issue Time: 2017 Dec 23 1903 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2723 Begin Time: 2017 Dec 17 2100 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3001 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: 2017 Dec 23 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 357 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2692 N18E16 089 0070 Dao 08 08 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 22/ ...Continue Reading

  December 22, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY J17-017*Astronaut Bruce McCandless II Dies at 80*Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II, mission specialist on the STS-41B and STS-31 missions, died Dec. 21, 2017, at the age of 80. McCandless is perhaps best remembered as the subject of a famous NASA photograph flying alongside the space shuttle in the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) – the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft. His time as an astronaut encompassed much more than tha ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2723 Issue Time: 2017 Dec 22 1155 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2722 Begin Time: 2017 Dec 17 2100 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2949 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: 2017 Dec 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 356 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2692 N18E30 088 0070 Dao 08 08 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21/ ...Continue Reading

** Please note: There will be no Natural Hazard updates via email between December 23 and January 1. Happy New Year! ** The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Smoky wildfires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2017. * California's December Inferno (Image from Dec 18, 2017; Posted Dec 20, 2017) https://earth ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2722 Issue Time: 2017 Dec 21 1155 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2721 Begin Time: 2017 Dec 17 2100 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4134 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: 2017 Dec 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 355 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2692 N16E45 086 0070 Cao 04 06 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20/ ...Continue Reading

  December 20, 2017 RELEASE 17-101*NASA Invests in Concept Development for Missions to Comet, Saturn Moon Titan*  The CAESAR (Comet Astrobiology Exploration SAmple Return) mission will acquire a sample from the nucleus of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, returning it safely to Earth. Comets are made up of materials from ancient stars, interstellar clouds, and the birth of our Solar System. The CAESAR sample will reveal how these materials contributed to the early Earth, including the ...Continue Reading