Space Weather News for August 1, 2017 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER IS BEGINNING: This week, Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Specks of dusty debris hitting the top of Earth's atmosphere faster than 110,000 mph are burning up in the night sky, producing a spray of shooting stars from the constellation Perseus. Meteor rates are relatively low now, but the ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Aug 02 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 214 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Aug 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo 2669 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (01 August 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Argentina After Dark When viewed from a satellite in daylight, the landscape of central Argentina shows barely a sign of human settlement. But by night, the place could be mistaken for a game of luminescent connect-the-dots. Rows of bright, evenly spaced points of light puncture the darkness. The nighttime lights betray the presence of towns. https://youtu.be/VI4dYOMBo9I?src=eoa-ann --- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON NORU Typhoon Noru spun over the tropical Pacific Ocean. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90654&src=nha *** Image from Jul 31, 2017 (Posted on Aug 01, 2017 12:00 AM) -- MANMADE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BLACKOUT ON THE OUTER BANKS A power outage brought darkness to parts of the North ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2627 Issue Time: 2017 Aug 01 1053 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2626 Begin Time: 2017 Jul 17 0325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8563 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: 2017 Aug 01 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 213 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Aug 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo 2669 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CORSICA AND SOUTHERN FRANCE Satellites acquired imagery of fires on the island of Corsica and Southern France in late July, 2017. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90650&src=nha *** Image from Jul 26, 2017 (Posted on Jul 30, 2017 12:00 AM) FIRES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Fires in the western U.S. bu ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CORSICA AND SOUTHERN FRANCE Satellites acquired imagery of fires on the island of Corsica and Southern France in late July, 2017. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90650&src=nha *** Image from Jul 26, 2017 (Posted on Jul 30, 2017 12:00 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON NO ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2626 Issue Time: 2017 Jul 31 0500 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2625 Begin Time: 2017 Jul 17 0325 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7053 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

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #17-31 2017 July 30 at 8:56 p.m. MDT (2017 July 31 0256 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 24-30 No space weather storms were observed for the summary period. Outlook For July 31-August 6 G1 (Minor) Geomagntic Storms are likely on 04-05 Aug due to coronal hole influence. A chance for R1 (Minor) Radio Blackouts exists on 31 Jul - 06 Aug due to poten ...Continue Reading