Space Weather News for Dec. 17, 2017 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS: A G1-class geomagnetic storm is underway on Dec. 17th as Earth moves into a stream of solar wind. The gaseous material is flowing faster than 600 km/s from a hole in the sun's atmosphere. G1-class storms are relatively minor and have little effect on power grids and satellites. However, they can confuse migratory animals that navigate using magnetism at high l ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 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 351 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2691 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 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 350 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2691 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Dec. 15, 2017 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom THE SUN IS DIMMING: Today at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, SpaceX launched a new sensor to the International Space Station named "TSIS-1." Its mission: to measure the dimming of the sun. As the sunspot cycle plunges toward its 11-year minimum, NASA satellites are tracking a slight but significant decline in total solar irradiance (TSI). TSIS-1 will monitor this ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 15 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 349 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2691 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Smoky wildfires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2017. * California Wildfire Emissions (Image from Dec 11, 2017; Posted Dec 12, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91427&src=nha ----------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 14 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 348 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Dec Nmbr Location Lo 2691 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Dec. 13, 2017 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: Tonight, Earth will pass through a stream of gravelly debris from rock comet 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Sky watchers far from city lights could see dozens of meteors per hour. The best time to look, no matter where you live, is during the dark hours before sunrise on Thursday, Dec. 14th, when the constellation Gemini is high overhea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 13 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2691 S03E16 220 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 12/ ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 December 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * California Wildfire Emissions https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91427&src=eoa-iotd * New Island Made of Tuff Stuff https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91412&src=eoa-iotd * Night Lights of the Levant https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91409&src=eoa-iotd * IceBridge Blues htt ...Continue Reading