Tournament Earth 2015: We have a winner! Tournament Earth 2015 has come to an end, and the colorful faults of Xinjiang, China took the #2 seed all the way to the championship, and a repeat for the Art Section. This year's victory is a first for the Landsat satellite and we look forward to more great imagery from this and many other satellites and sensors during the next year. Thank you all for voting! http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/TournamentEarth/?src=nha-ann ------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Tournament Earth 2015: We have a winner! Tournament Earth 2015 has come to an end, and the colorful faults of Xinjiang, China took the #2 seed all the way to the championship, and a repeat for the Art Section. This year's victory is a first for the Landsat satellite and we look forward to more great imagery from this and many other satellites and sensors during the next year. Thank you all for voting! http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/TournamentEarth/?src=nha-ann ------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-14 2015 April 5 at 7:43 p.m. MDT (2015 April 6 0143 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 30-April 5 No space weather storms were observed this period. Outlook For April 6-12 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms are expected on 15-16 Apr, 18-19 Apr, and 25-27 Apr. No R1 or greater radio blackouts are expected during the outlook period. No S1 or great ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Apr 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 96 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Apr 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2317 N11W85 325 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2318 N10E41 199 0050 Dao 08 09 Beta 2319 S10W06 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Apr 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 95 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Apr 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2317 N11W73 327 0040 Cao 08 07 Beta 2318 N09E57 197 0040 Dao 07 06 Beta 2319 S11E06 2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Apr 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 94 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Apr 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2317 N11W59 326 0050 Dai 08 06 Beta 2318 N09E69 198 0020 Cro 04 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Pla ...Continue Reading

SWPC will be continuing the testing of its backup processing system from Monday April 6 through Thursday April 9. During each of these days, users should anticipate that there could be outages between the hours of 1500 UTC to 2100 UTC (1100am - 500pm EDT). If active space weather conditions exist before the beginning of these testing intervals, they will not be performed on that day.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal informat ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for April 3, 2015 http://spaceweather.com LUNAR ECLIPSE: Sky watchers on the Pacific side of Earth can see a brief but beautiful lunar eclipse on Saturday morning, April 4th. The Moon will turn red, and possibly turquoise, too, as the lunar disk passes through the shadow of our planet. Totality lasts for less than 5 minutes, so it is important to be outside at the right moment. Check http://spaceweather.com for viewing times and more information. You are subscribed to the Space Weather mailing ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Apr 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 93 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Apr 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2305 S09W91 011 0220 Hsx 04 01 Alpha 2317 N09W45 324 0060 Dsi 05 10 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Apr 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 92 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Apr 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2305 S10W80 013 0470 Cho 06 02 Beta 2312 N08W58 351 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 2315 S21W66 3 ...Continue Reading