Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-7 2013 February 17 at 4:30 p.m. MST (2013 February 17 2330 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 11-17 A category R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 17 February due flare activity from Region 1675. Outlook For February 18-24 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 17 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 48 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1671 N14W08 078 0090 Cso 04 03 Beta 1672 S17W29 097 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1673 S10E56 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 16 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 47 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1670 N17W85 166 0070 Cao 09 03 Beta 1671 N14E04 077 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1672 S17W15 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE GINO Gino formed as a tropical storm over the southern Indian Ocean on February 11, 2013, and strengthened into a cyclone the next day. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80449&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 13, 2013 (Posted on Feb 14, 2013 2:27 PM) ----------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Feb. 15, 2013 http://spaceweather.com RUSSIAN METEOR EXPLOSION: Today, Feb. 15th, a meteor exploded in the daytime skies of Chelyabinsk, Russian. Shock waves from the blast shattered windows in many buildings and sent onlookers to the hospital with wounds from flying glass. The meteoroid entered the atmosphere just as asteroid 2012 DA14 was approaching Earth for a record-setting close approach later in the day. However, NASA says there is no connection between the two: the Russian meteor and ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 15 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 46 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1670 N17W69 166 0100 Cao 08 04 Beta 1671 N14E17 080 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 14 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 45 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1670 N17W55 166 0110 Dso 08 05 Beta 1671 N14E31 079 0100 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN LIBYA Multiple dust plumes blew off the coast of Libya and over the Mediterranean Sea in early February 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80419&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 07, 2013 (Posted on Feb 12, 2013 3:04 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 ne ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 13 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 44 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1667 N22W77 201 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1670 N17W42 166 0170 Dai 08 12 Beta-Gamma 1671 N14 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 February 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * World of Change: Green Seasons of Maine http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/westenfield.php?src=eoa-features Not many places on Earth have year-round greenery and four distinct seasons. The images in this series show the four seasons of Maine, the most forest-covered state in the U.S.A. ------------------- ...Continue Reading