The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SPRING FIRES IN RUSSIA After the winter snow melts, people often burn grasslands and croplands. * Forest Fires in Russia's Far East (Image from Apr 4, 2018; Posted Apr 7, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91969&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #18-15 2018 April 8 at 11:40 p.m. MDT (2018 April 9 0540 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 2-8 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For April 9-15 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on 10-11 April due to recurrent coronal hole high speed stream effects. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, US ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Apr 09 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 99 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Apr 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2703 S ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for April 8, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom SPACE LIGHTNING OVER EUROPE: Red sprites (a.k.a. "space lightning") are dancing over thunderstorms in Europe. A dedicated observatory spotted the eerie red forms shooting up toward the Pleiades on April 4th, marking an unusually early start to the northern summer season for sprites. Today's edition of Spaceweather.com explores the possibility that this development is related to re ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Apr 08 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 98 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Apr 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2703 S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Apr 07 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 97 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Apr 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2703 S ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for April 6, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom A HOLE IN THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE: An unusually wide hole in the sun's atmosphere is facing Earth and spewing a stream of solar wind toward our planet. Estimated time of arrival: April 9th. Polar geomagnetic unrest and minor G1-class storms are possible when the gaseous material reaches Earth. Visit Spaceweather.com for more information and updates. Remember, SpaceWeather.com is on Facebook! ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SPRING FIRES IN RUSSIA After the winter snow melts, people often burn grasslands and croplands. * Forest Fires in Russia's Far East (Image from Apr 4, 2018; Posted Apr 7, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91969&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards i ...Continue Reading

SWPC will be enhancing its Twitter services @NWSSWPC to add automated text products, currently issued via the Product Subscription Service (PSS), to evaluate the utility of this dissemination method. More detail will be available at Space Weather Workshop, via the PSS, and on our website. We welcome feedback at https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/contact-us as we deploy these changes and refine them. Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the pe ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 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 2018 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 2703 S ...Continue Reading