Space Weather News for April 6, 2019 http://spaceweather.com https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com ROCKETS DUMP POWDER INTO NORTHERN LIGHTS:  Last night in northern Norway, scientists launched two sounding rockets into an ongoing display of Northern Lights. When they dumped their payloads of chemical powders, the sky went wild with strangely colored shapes. Police station phones lit up with reports of UFOs as squid-like figures danced across the sky. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2926 Issue Time: 2019 Apr 06 0901 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2925 Begin Time: 2019 Apr 05 1400 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8560 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: 2019 Apr 06 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 96 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2737 N ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for April 5, 2019 http://spaceweather.com https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com SPACE WEATHER PROBES SHATTER GPS RECORD:  We all use GPS--to find ourselves in the back country, to navigate to the grocery store, to locate lost pets. NASA's four MMS spacecraft recently used the same system to locate themselves an astonishing 116,300 miles from Earth, almost halfway to the Moon. This shatters previous records and expectations of how far away GPS can work. Visit today's editio ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2925 Issue Time: 2019 Apr 05 1432 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2019 Apr 05 1400 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 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 95 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2737 N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 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 94 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2737 N13E02 061 0010 Bxo 06 07 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- AUSTRALIA BLOOM Tropical cyclone Veronica appears to have stirred up swirls of phytoplankton. * A Bloom after the Storm? (Image from Mar 29, 2019; Posted Apr 3, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144774/a-bloom-after-the-storm/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for April 3, 2019 http://spaceweather.com https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com BLOWING UP SATELLITES DURING SOLAR MINIMUM:  Last week, India conducted an anti-satellite weapons test, shattering Microsat-R into more than 6,500 pieces. Circling Earth like tiny bullets, some of those fragments are now potentially threatening the International Space Station. Read today's edition of Spaceweather.com to find out why conducting anti-satellite tests during Solar Minimum can be a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Apr 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 93 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Apr 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2737 N12E14 063 0040 Cao 08 08 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02/2 ...Continue Reading