:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 22 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 22 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2486 S20E18 340 0030 Hax 01 02 Alpha 2487 S13E22 336 0100 Dai 06 12 Beta 2488 N04E38 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 21 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 21 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2484 N08W83 094 0030 Dro 05 06 Beta 2486 S20E31 338 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2487 S13E36 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Jan. 20, 2016 http://spaceweather.com A 9TH PLANET BEYOND PLUTO? Today, planetary scientists from Caltech announced intriguing new evidence for a Neptune-sized planet orbiting the sun beyond Pluto.  The planet itself has not yet been seen, but its gravitational influence on other objects in the outer solar system may lead to its discovery. Visit Spaceweather.com for more information. SOLAR ECLIPSE BALLOON NETWORK: Spaceweather.com and the st ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 20 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 20 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2484 N07W84 108 0020 Cro 03 05 Beta 2485 N15W04 028 0010 Axx 02 04 Alpha 2486 S20E43 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 January 2016) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Fresh Plume from Copahue http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87338&src=eoa-iotd * Kavir Desert http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87347&src=eoa-iotd * Measuring the Height of Smoke over Borneo http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87329&src=eoa-iotd * El Niño Fueled R ...Continue Reading

SWPC TRANSFERRING OPERATIONS TO ITS BACK-UP SITE STARTING TODAY, JANUARY 19-21, 2016 SWPC will be utilizing its back-up processing site starting today (January 19) at 11 am EST (16 UTC) and remaining there until approximately 1 pm EST (18 UTC) on January 21, 2016. There will be brief outages of SWPC data for upwards of one hour around 11 am EST (16 UTC) on both January 19 and January 21, 2016. During the period of time SWPC is running operations from its backup site, updated Ionosonde data on the SWPC ftp server ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 19 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 19 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2480 N03W94 131 0140 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2483 N17W92 129 0070 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2485 N14E07 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA A rainfall deficit in Western Australia fueled vigorous bushfires. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87302&src=nha *** Image from Jan 07, 2016 (Posted on Jan 11, 2016 3:30 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- UNUSUAL JANUARY HURRICANES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHER ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTH AMERICA In December and January, heavy summer rains swamped this part of South America causing the Uruguay, Paraguay and Parana rivers to swell beyond flood stage. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87334&src=nha *** Image from Jan 12, 2016 (Posted on Jan 15, 2016 3:36 PM) -------------------- ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2317 Issue Time: 2016 Jan 18 1106 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2316 Begin Time: 2016 Jan 13 1420 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2706 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