The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- DUST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA In November 2017, satellites captured imagery of dust and silt being carried over the Gulf of Alaska. * Dust Coats Copper River Valley (Image from Nov 15, 2017; Posted Nov 19, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91303&src=nha * Connecting the Dots Between Dust, Phytop ...Continue Reading

  November 20, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-137*NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews Before Space Station Mission* NASA astronaut Scott Tingle completes spacewalk training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in preparation for his first mission to space in December 2017. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut Scott Tingle will be available at 6 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 1 for live satellite interviews one last time prior to his upcoming launch to the Internationa ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2709 Issue Time: 2017 Nov 20 1413 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2708 Begin Time: 2017 Nov 17 1150 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1481 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

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-47 2017 November 19 at 10:58 p.m. MST (2017 November 20 0558 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 13-19 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For November 20-26 No significant space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 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 324 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Nov 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 Nov Nmbr Location Lo 2687 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2708 Issue Time: 2017 Nov 19 1316 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2707 Begin Time: 2017 Nov 17 1150 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2356 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 Nov 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 323 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2687 S09E18 175 0030 Hrx 02 04 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 18 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2707 Issue Time: 2017 Nov 18 1136 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2706 Begin Time: 2017 Nov 17 1150 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2332 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

  November 18, 2017 RELEASE 17-086*NASA Launches NOAA Weather Satellite Aboard United Launch Alliance Rocket to Improve Forecasts* At Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 2, the Delta II rocket engines roar to life. The 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST), liftoff begins the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, mission. JPSS is the first in a series four next-generation environmental satellites in a collaborative program between NOAA and NASA. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has succes ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 18 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 322 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2687 S08E31 175 0060 Hax 04 04 Alpha 2688 N11W32 238 0010 Bxo 04 02 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading