:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Sep 16 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 259 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Sep 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2680 N08W00 317 0080 Hsx 02 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Smoky fires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer of 2017.  * An American Aerosol in Paris (Image from Sep 7, 2017; Posted Sep 15, 2017)      https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90980&src=nha -- SEA AND LAKE ICE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- ...Continue Reading

September 15, 2017 RELEASE 17-079*NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn* Saturn's active, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus sinks behind the giant planet in a farewell portrait from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/* A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year tour of the ringed planet. "This is the ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2662 Issue Time: 2017 Sep 15 0846 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2017 Sep 15 0830 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Sep 15 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 258 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Sep 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2680 N08E13 317 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14 ...Continue Reading

September 14, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-107*Minnesota Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on International Space Station * Expedition 53 crew member Mark Vande Hei participates in an extravehicular mobility unit, or EMU, training run. */Credits: NASA/* Less than a week after arriving on the International Space Station, Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei will speak with students from the Pine River-Backus Schools in Pine River, Minnesota, at 10:40 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 18. The 20-minute, Earth-to-s ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- NORTHWEST PACIFIC BASIN TROPICAL CYCLONES (2017) More tropical cyclones emerge from the Northwest Pacific Basin each year than any other basin in the world. * Typhoon Talim (Image from Sep 14, 2017; Posted Sep 14, 2017)     https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90983&src=nha  HURRICANE IRMA The 2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Sep 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 257 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Sep 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2680 N09E26 317 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC BASIN More tropical cyclones emerge from the Northwest Pacific Basin than any other basin in the world. * Two Cyclones Stir Up Asian Waters (Image from Sep 13, 2017; Posted Sep 13, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90972&src=nha -------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

September 13, 2017 RELEASE 17-078*Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn* This illustration shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft heading for the gap between Saturn and its rings during one of 22 such dives of the mission's finale. The spacecraft will make a final plunge into the planet's atmosphere on Sept. 15, 2017. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on final approach to Saturn, following confirmation by mission navigators that it is on course to dive into the planet’s at ...Continue Reading