:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 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 2015 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 2454 N05E12 121 0030 Dro 05 11 Beta 2455 N15W04 137 0010 Bxo 04 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (17 November 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Gains at Hofsjokull Ice Cap http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87005&src=eoa-iotd * Is That a Forest? That Depends on How You Define It http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86986&src=eoa-iotd * Suez Canal, Port Said http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86994&src=eoa-iotd * Fog Over ...Continue Reading

November 17, 2015 RELEASE 15-223*NASA Receives Fifth Consecutive Clean Audit Opinion* NASA has received an unmodified audit opinion on its Fiscal Year 2015 (FY 2015) financial statements, marking the fifth consecutive year of “clean” opinions. The agency has released its FY 2015 Agency Financial Report (AFR), which provides details on its financial results and performance highlights. The auditor's unmodified opinion is that NASA's financial statements fairly present the agency's financial position and results o ...Continue Reading

November 17, 2015 PO.DAAC will be performing maintenance on our Data Management and Archive System (DMAS) on Wednesday 11/18/2015 from 8am to 5pm PST. There will be no new data posted during this maintenance window, but existing data will continue to be available through all of our tools and services. All data collected during this maintenance window will be processed and posted after the maintenance is completed. ----------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

November 17, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-163*NASA Astronaut Tim Kopra Available for Interviews Before Space Station Mission*  Attired in the training versions of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra trains in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, who is making final preparations for a December launch to the International Space Station, is available for live satellite interviews fr ...Continue Reading

November 17, 2015 RELEASE 15-222*NASA Awards Two Robots to University Groups for R&D Upgrades* Humanoid robots will be helpful to astronauts on our journey to Mars, so NASA has awarded prototypes to two universities for advanced research and development work. NASA is interested in humanoid robots because they can help or even take the place of astronauts working in extreme space environments. Robots, like NASA’s R5, could be used in future NASA missions either as precursor robots performing mission tasks before ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 17 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 321 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2453 N06W35 182 0010 Bxo 05 04 Beta 2454 N07E27 119 0010 Bxo 04 05 Beta 2455 N15E09 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MADAGASCAR In November 2015, seasonal agricultural fires dotted the landscape of Africa's largest island. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86998&src=nha *** Image from Nov 11, 2015 (Posted on Nov 13, 2015 1:26 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN BRAZIL AFTER DAM BREACH Brazil ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2278 Issue Time: 2015 Nov 16 1145 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2277 Begin Time: 2015 Nov 04 1405 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2087 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 #15-46 2015 November 15 at 11:30 p.m. MST (2015 November 16 0630 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 9-15 An R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 09 November due to flare activity from sunspot Region 2449. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 09-11 November with G2 (Moderate) on 10 November due to coronal hole high speed stream activity ...Continue Reading