Space Weather News for May 6, 2015 http://spaceweather.com X-FLARE: Emerging sunspot AR2339 unleashed an intense X2-class solar flare on May 5th at approximately 22:11 UT. Radiation from the flare caused strong radio blackouts on the Pacific side of Earth, interfering with communications at frequencies below ~20 MHz. The blast also hurled a CME into space, but not toward Earth. This event could herald a sustained period of high solar activity, as AR2339 appears to be large and explosive. Check http://spaceweather.co ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 06 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 126 Issued at 0030Z on 06 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S16E11 192 0280 Ekc 11 25 Beta-Gamma 2336 N13W14 218 0040 Dso 05 10 Beta 2337 S17 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (05 May 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Heading home: Greenland Aquifer Expedition The spring firn aquifer field campaign has come to a close in Greenland and the team is heading home. They will be back in the fall, but now is a good time to catch up on their experiences over the past month in our "Notes from the Field" blog. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/greenland-aquifer-expedition/?src= ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 05 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 125 Issued at 0030Z on 05 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S15E24 192 0310 Eac 11 30 Beta-Gamma 2336 N13W00 216 0030 Dro 05 09 Beta 2337 S16 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CENTRAL AMERICA Smoke streams from fires on the Yucatan Peninsula. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85800&src=nha *** Image from Apr 26, 2015 (Posted on Apr 28, 2015 3:52 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (4 updated events, 4 new images) -- NEPAL EARTHQUAKE A catastrophic earthquake shook Nepal on Apr ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-18 2015 May 4 at 12:23 a.m. MDT (2015 May 4 0623 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 27-May 3 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For May 4-10 A chance exists for R1-R2 (Minor-Moderate) radio blackouts for the forecast period due to flare activity associated with Region 2335 and the return of old Regions 2322 and 2325. Data used to p ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 04 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 124 Issued at 0030Z on 04 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S16E37 194 0170 Dac 10 20 Beta 2336 N13E12 219 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta 2337 S16E56 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 03 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 123 Issued at 0030Z on 03 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S15E52 192 0220 Dai 08 15 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02/ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 May 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 122 Issued at 0030Z on 02 May 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2335 S15E63 194 0070 Dao 06 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01/ ...Continue Reading

On Monday, May 4, 2015, SWPC will shut down its main processing systems in Boulder to move them into a new data center. To accommodate this move, we will be using our newly integrated, off-site backup system. Users may see small outages while we transition to our backup system and then again when we transition back to Boulder after our move. The transition to our backup system is currently scheduled to occur at 1210UTC (6:10am MDT) and the transition back will occur at 1900UTC (1:00pm MDT).Thank you for using the Pro ...Continue Reading