:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 05 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 5 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2476 S10E20 202 0070 Dao 06 12 Beta 2477 N12E33 189 0070 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2478 N07E24 1 ...Continue Reading

January 04, 2016 RELEASE 16-001*NASA Research Could Save Commercial Airlines Billions in New Era of Aviation * Researchers with NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation project coordinated wind-tunnel tests of an Active Flow Control system -- tiny jets installed on a full-size aircraft vertical tail that blow air -- to prove they would provide enough side force and stability that it might someday be possible to design smaller vertical tails that would reduce drag and save fuel. */Credits: NASA/Dominic Hart ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HOLE-PUNCH CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST In December 2015, rare hole-punch clouds emerged over Louisiana and Mississippi. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87262&src=nha *** Image from Dec 29, 2015 (Posted on Dec 30, 2015 3:31 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natur ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2304 Issue Time: 2016 Jan 04 0501 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2303 Begin Time: 2016 Jan 01 2035 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6782 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 #16-1 2016 January 3 at 6:20 p.m. MST (2016 January 4 0120 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 28-January 3 G1 (Minor) and G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storms were observed on 31 December and 01 January due to effects from a 28 December coronal mass ejection (CME). R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 28 December and 02 January due to flare activi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 04 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 4 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2476 S10E34 201 0080 Dai 07 16 Beta 2477 N12E47 188 0070 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2478 N07E38 1 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2303 Issue Time: 2016 Jan 03 0716 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2302 Begin Time: 2016 Jan 01 2035 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4113 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: 2016 Jan 03 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 3 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2473 S21W89 337 0040 Cao 07 03 Beta 2476 S10E47 201 0020 Cro 04 06 Beta 2477 N12E61 18 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2302 Issue Time: 2016 Jan 02 1020 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2301 Begin Time: 2016 Jan 01 2035 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1466 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: 2016 Jan 02 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 2 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2473 S21W73 334 0110 Eso 12 08 Beta 2476 S11E61 200 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2477 N12E75 1 ...Continue Reading