Space Weather News for Oct. 1, 2015 http://spaceweather.com Dark Plasma Eruption: On Sept.30th, a massive plume of dark plasma erupted from sun's western limb.  A bright CME flew away from the blast site and might sideswipe Earth's magnetic field on Oct. 3rd.  Check http://spaceweather.com for geomagnetic storm and aurora forecasts. Daytime Meteor Shower: As October begins, a radar in Canada is detecting echoes from a fairly strong meteor shower.  The source appears to be debri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Oct 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 274 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Oct 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2420 N12W57 104 0040 Cso 16 02 Beta 2422 S18W55 102 0860 Fkc 18 23 Beta-Gamma-Delta 24 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM JOAQUIN Tropical Storm Joaquin, east of the Bahamas, strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86714&src=nha *** Image from Sep 29, 2015 (Posted on Sep 30, 2015 11:59 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazard ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Sept. 29, 2015 http://spaceweather.com HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY: Big sunspot AR2422 is crackling with M-class solar flares and it has an unstable magnetic field that harbors energy for even stronger eruptions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 25% chance of powerful X-class solar flares during the next 24 hours. Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information and updates. SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO CHANGE: Dear Readers, we are upgrading our email server to handle an ever-growing list of subscribers to Spac ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 30 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 273 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2420 N11W44 104 0050 Cso 16 12 Beta 2422 S18W42 102 0950 Fkc 17 35 Beta-Gamma-Delta 24 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (29 September 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * The Waters are Rising on NASA's Shores http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86655&src=eoa-iotd * Super Typhoon Dujuan Slams Northern Taiwan http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86707&src=eoa-iotd * Aquaculture in Northeast China http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86699&src=eoa-iotd ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON DUJUAN Super Typhoon Dujuan battered northern Taiwan with powerful winds and heavy rains in late September. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86707&src=nha *** Image from Sep 28, 2015 (Posted on Sep 28, 2015 3:06 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Sep 29 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 272 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Sep 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2420 N11W31 105 0100 Eso 15 09 Beta 2421 N16W50 124 0010 Bxo 05 04 Beta 2422 S20W30 ...Continue Reading

The Shrinking Aral Sea: Updated for 2015 Over the past 50 years the Aral Sea has been devastated by massive irrigation projects. These images show the decline over the past decade and perhaps even small signs of recovery in 2015. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/aral_sea.php?src=nha-ann ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-39 2015 September 27 at 11:22 p.m. MDT (2015 September 28 0522 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 21-27 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 27 September due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 2422. Outlook For September 28-October 4 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts are likely through 03 October due to flare poten ...Continue Reading