:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 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 143 Issued at 0030Z on 23 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2824 N21E13 195 0190 Csi 05 09 Beta-Gamma IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 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 142 Issued at 0030Z on 22 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2824 N20E27 194 0150 Hsx 03 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 21 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 FIRE SEASON IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Whether sparked by lightning, intentional land-clearing, or human-caused accidents, wildfires are burning longer and more often in some northern latitudes as the world warms. * Smoke Replaces Ice at Lake Winnipeg (Image from May 18, 2021; Posted May 21, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 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 141 Issued at 0030Z on 21 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2824 N19E39 194 0150 Hsx 02 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 20 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 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 140 Issued at 0030Z on 20 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N18W91 338 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2824 N19E52 195 0130 Hsx 02 03 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OCEAN BLOOMS Increased sunlight, nutrient runoff, and wind-driven upwelling can create ideal conditions for massive blooms of floating plant-like phytoplankton. * The Blooming Mid-Atlantic (Image from May 18, 2021; Posted May 19, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148333/the-blooming-mid-atlantic ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 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 139 Issued at 0030Z on 19 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N18W77 337 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2824 N19E65 194 0120 Cao 02 03 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (18 May 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Discovering the Charlotte Whale https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148329/discovering-the-charlotte-whale/?src=eoa-iotd * Cyclone Tauktae Strikes India https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148325/cyclone-tauktae-strikes-india/?src=eoa-iotd * Arabian Night Lights https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2021 CYCLONE SEASON IN THE NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN Cyclones tend to form between April and December, fueled by changing seasons (in the west) and the monsoon (in the east). * Cyclone Tauktae Strikes India (Image from May 17, 2021; Posted May 17, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148325/cyclone-tauktae-strikes-india/?src= ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 May 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 138 Issued at 0030Z on 18 May 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2822 N17W64 336 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 17 ...Continue Reading