The following section has been updated in the past day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- HURRICANE MICHAEL In October 2018, Hurricane Michael struck the Florida coast as a Category 4 storm and cut a path of destruction across the southeastern United States. * Sediment Stirred Up by Michael (Image from Oct 13, 2018; Posted Oct 15, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92901/sediment-stirred-up-by-michael/?src=nha ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Oct. 16, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom COMING SOON, THE COMET OF THE YEAR:  Get ready for a very nice comet. In exactly two months, Comet 46P/Wirtanen will sweep past Earth, making one of the 10 closest approaches of a comet to our planet during the Space Age. If forecasters are correct, Comet Wirtanen could become visible to the naked eye for weeks in Dec. 2018. The small but unusually active comet comes closest to Earth j ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2863 Issue Time: 2018 Oct 16 1612 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2018 Oct 16 1610 UTC Station: GOES15 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 subscri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Oct 16 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 289 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Oct 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2725 S10E32 111 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- 2018 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). * Cyclones Luban and Titli (Image from Oct 11, 2018; Posted Oct 13, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92877/cyclones-luban-and-titli/?src=nha HU ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 5 new images) -- 2018 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). * Cyclones Luban and Titli (Image from Oct 11, 2018; Posted Oct 13, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92877/cyclones-luban-and-titli/?src=nha HU ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-42 2018 October 14 at 7:57 p.m. MDT (2018 October 15 0157 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 8-14 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 10 Oct and 13 Oct due to coronal hole high-speed stream influence. Outlook For October 15-21 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms are expected on 19 Oct due to recurrent, coronal hole high-speed stream influe ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Oct 15 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 288 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2724 S07E27 130 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2725 S11E44 113 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Oct 14 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 287 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2724 S08E40 130 0010 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2725 S10E59 111 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Oct. 13, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom DRACONID METEOR OUTBURST: On Oct. 8-9, European sky watchers were amazed when a flurry of faint meteors filled the sky at midnight. It was an outburst of the annual Draconids meteor shower. Turns out, that outburst was just the tip of the iceberg. Computer models show that Earth narrowly missed two streams of comet debris that would have caused significant meteor storms had they intersected ...Continue Reading