Space Weather News for Dec. 2, 2015 http://spaceweather.com SPACECRAFT TO BUZZ EARTH: Japan's Hayabasa 2 spacecraft will buzz Earth on Dec. 3rd in a slingshot maneuver designed to propel it to Asteroid Ryugu.  Hayabasa 2 is an amazing mission which, if all goes as planned, will drop as many as four landers on the asteroid and return samples of the space rock to Earth for analysis. The mission, and observing tips for amateur astronomers, are highlighted on today's e ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 02 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 336 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2458 N09W51 001 0060 Cao 04 06 Beta 2459 N04W20 330 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (01 December 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Seeing Through the Smoky Pall: Observations from a Grim Indonesian Fire Season http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/IndonesianFires/?src=eoa-features Thick peat, El Niño weather, and economic development came together to produce prodigious fires and planet-warming emissions. -------------------- Latest Im ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 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 335 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W65 028 0020 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2458 N09W36 359 0080 Cao 05 08 Beta 2459 N04W07 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM SANDRA Sandra was a tropical storm before growing into a late-season hurricane. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87067&src=nha *** Image from Nov 24, 2015 (Posted on Nov 25, 2015 2:07 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- A NEW ISLAND FORMS NEAR NISHINOSHIMA ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-48 2015 November 29 at 7:12 p.m. MST (2015 November 30 0212 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 23-29 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For November 30-December 6 Category G1-Minor geomagnetic storms are likely on 01 December due to effects from a recurrent positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream. Data used to provide s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 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 334 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W54 030 0010 Hax 01 02 Alpha 2458 N08W21 357 0040 Cao 06 03 Beta 2459 N04E04 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 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 333 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W40 029 0020 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2458 N08W07 356 0080 Cao 06 04 Beta 2459 N04E19 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 28 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 332 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N13W27 029 0020 Hax 06 01 Alpha 2458 N08E07 355 0070 Cao 03 03 Beta 2459 N04E33 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Nov 27 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 331 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Nov 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W17 032 0030 Hax 08 01 Alpha 2458 N08E21 354 0080 Cao 09 08 Beta 2459 N04E45 ...Continue Reading