Space Weather News for Oct. 23, 2015 http://spaceweather.com THE SOLAR FLARE THAT WOULDN'T END:  Typical solar flares are finished in a matter of minutes. On Oct. 22nd, a solar flare in the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR2434 lasted for more than 3 hours. The slow explosion produced a CME, which is expected to deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on Oct. 25th. Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photogra ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Oct 23 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 296 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Oct 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2434 S10W48 165 0090 Cao 03 05 Beta 2435 S15W09 126 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 2436 N08E06 ...Continue Reading

NASA's Earth Observatory Group is proud to announce the release of   *EONET: The Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker* http://eonet.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ More and more NASA imagery is being made available via web services (WMS, WMTS, etc.) and a significant percentage of it is being produced and published in near real time (within a few hours after acquisition). This ability means that NASA imagery can be used more routinely to examine current natural events as they happen.   The public can currently browse ...Continue Reading

NASA's Earth Observatory Group is proud to announce the release of   *EONET: The Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker* http://eonet.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ More and more NASA imagery is being made available via web services (WMS, WMTS, etc.) and a significant percentage of it is being produced and published in near real time (within a few hours after acquisition). This ability means that NASA imagery can be used more routinely to examine current natural events as they happen.   The public can currently browse ...Continue Reading

NASA's Earth Observatory Group is proud to announce the release of   *EONET: The Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker* http://eonet.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ More and more NASA imagery is being made available via web services (WMS, WMTS, etc.) and a significant percentage of it is being produced and published in near real time (within a few hours after acquisition). This ability means that NASA imagery can be used more routinely to examine current natural events as they happen.   The public can currently browse ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Oct 22 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 295 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Oct 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2434 S10W36 166 0180 Cao 04 06 Beta 2435 S15E03 127 0020 Cro 01 02 Beta 2436 N08E16 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Oct 21 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 294 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Oct 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2434 S10W22 165 0210 Dai 06 14 Beta 2435 S15E17 126 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2436 N09E30 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (20 October 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/sierra_nevada.php?src=eoa-features Wet and dry years cause the snow cover to fluctuate, but the overall trend has been downward for nearly a decade. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Sierra Nevada ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FOREST FIRES IN SUMATRA Early September brought seasonal agricultural fires to Sumatra. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86847&src=nha *** Image from Oct 19, 2015 (Posted on Oct 19, 2015 2:38 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Oct. 20, 2015 http://spaceweather.com METEORS FROM HALLEY'S COMET: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak tonight, Oct. 20-21, with as many as 20 meteors per hour. No matter where you live, the best time to look is during the dark hours before sunrise on Wednesday the 21st.  Visit Spaceweather.com for sky maps and more information. MIN ...Continue Reading