:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Dec 13 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2730 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2881 Issue Time: 2018 Dec 12 0931 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2880 Begin Time: 2018 Dec 10 2010 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2715 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: 2018 Dec 12 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 346 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2730 N08E17 094 0010 Axx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 11 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (11 December 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Shrinking Aral Sea https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/videos/shrinking-aral-sea?src=eoa-features Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea has been slowly disappearing since the 1960s. View how the lake has shrunk over the past few decades. -------------------- Latest Images: https://earthobservatory. ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Dec. 11, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom A GEMINID METEOR DISINTEGRATES NEXT TO COMET 46P/WIRTANEN: The annual Geminid meteor shower is underway as Earth enters a stream of gravelly debris from "rock comet" 3200 Phaethon. Peak night is expected to occur on Dec. 13-14 with 60+ meteors per hour.  Last night, a photographer in Missouri caught an early Geminid disintegrating next to approaching Comet 46P/Wirtanen--a sce ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2880 Issue Time: 2018 Dec 11 1300 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2879 Begin Time: 2018 Dec 10 2010 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1081 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: 2018 Dec 11 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 345 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Dec 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2879 Issue Time: 2018 Dec 10 2026 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2018 Dec 10 2010 UTC Station: GOES-15 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 subscr ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Dec. 10, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom VOYAGER 2 ENTERS INTERSTELLAR SPACE: Today at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington, NASA announced that Voyager 2 has exited the sun's magnetic bubble and entered interstellar space. The 70s-era probe is now experiencing a blizzard of galactic cosmic rays as it charts the unexplored space between the stars. See the data and learn more on today's edition of Spaceweather.com ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- 2018-19 WINTER IN THE UNITED STATES A gallery of notable snow and ice storms for the season. * A Wintry Great Lakes Landscape (Image from Dec 9, 2018; Posted Dec 10, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144365/a-wintry-great-lakes-landscape/?src=nha * Winter Arrives in the Sierra Nevada (Image from Dec 2, 2018; Post ...Continue Reading