Space Weather News for July 9, 2017 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom SOLAR ACTIVITY INTENSIFIES: Sunspot AR2665, which emerged just as few days ago, has mushroomed into a behemoth nearly as wide as the planet Jupiter. On July 9th the fast-growing sunspot produced an M-class solar flare and a short-lived shortwave radio blackout over east Asia and Australia. Stronger flares and Earth-directed CMEs may be in the offing as AR2665 turns toward our planet in the d ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 190 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2665 S06E38 111 0480 Ekc 11 14 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 189 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2665 S06E52 110 0310 Ekc 11 15 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- INTENSE RAIN SOAKS SOUTHERN JAPAN A rainstorm triggered deadly floods and landslides in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90537&src=nha *** Image from Jul 04, 2017 (Posted on Jul 08, 2017 12:00 AM) -- FLOODS (0 updated events, 1 new images) -- * http://earthobservator ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 188 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2665 S06E64 111 0140 Dao 09 06 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 187 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2665 S05E78 109 0070 Hsx 06 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 05 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 186 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jul 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 Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (04 July 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Lakes and Rivers Have Ice, Too http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=90504&src=eoa-iotd * The Birthplace of the United States http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=90513&src=eoa-iotd * Western Cape Fires on the Outeniqua Mountains http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=90510&src=eoa-iotd * Li ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Jul 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 185 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jul 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Jul Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for July 3, 2017 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom BRIGHT OUTBREAK OF NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: Nightfall is supposed to bring darkness. This week in parts of Europe, nightfall has brought something different: an electric-blue glow caused by clouds of water-frosted meteor smoke rippling over the continent. These summertime "noctilucent clouds" (NLCs) have been much brighter than usual and even seem to be causing strange radio echoes abov ...Continue Reading