Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #16-3 2016 January 17 at 6:27 p.m. MST (2016 January 18 0127 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 11-17 No geomagnetic storms, radio blackouts or solar radiation storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For January 18-24 No geomagnetic storms, radio blackouts or solar radiation storms are expected through the outlook period. Data used ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 18 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 18 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2480 N03W79 129 0140 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2483 N17W78 128 0070 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2485 N14E21 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Jan 17, 2016 http://spaceweather.com COMET CATALINA: This weekend, Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) is making its closest approach to Earth, only 67 million miles away. The beautiful green comet is only barely visible to the naked eye, but it is an easy target for backyard telescopes and digital cameras as it passes through the handle of the Big Dipper. Visit Spaceweather.com for photos and finder charts. MINOR STORM WARNING: NOAA forecasters say the ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2316 Issue Time: 2016 Jan 17 0846 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2315 Begin Time: 2016 Jan 13 1420 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4799 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: 2016 Jan 17 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 17 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2480 N03W66 130 0130 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2483 N17W65 129 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2485 N13E34 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2315 Issue Time: 2016 Jan 16 0811 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2314 Begin Time: 2016 Jan 13 1420 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2577 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: 2016 Jan 16 0101 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 16 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2480 N04W52 129 0130 Hsx 05 02 Alpha 2483 N17W49 126 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2485 N13E46 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2016 Jan 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 16 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jan 2016 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2480 N04W52 129 0130 Hsx 05 02 Alpha 2483 N17W49 126 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2485 N13E46 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- UNUSUAL JANUARY HURRICANES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE In January, Pali became the earliest hurricane on record in the Central Pacific, while Alex became the earliest Atlantic hurricane since 1938 * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87324&src=nha *** Image from Jan 14, 2016 (Posted on Jan 14, 2016 5:01 PM) ...Continue Reading

SWPC to Transfer Operations to its back-up site January 19-21, 2016 SWPC will be utilizing its back-up processing site starting at 11 am EST (16 UTC) on January 19, 2016 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 will not be ava ...Continue Reading