Tournament: Earth 2013 -- Round 4! Four winners have emerged from the four brackets. Which one will make it to the final face-off? The underdog Pine Island glacier crack (#7 seed from the data visualization section) is facing off against a solar storm (#3 seed from the true color section). Another longshot -- the #7 seeded El Hierro submarine eruption (event bracket) -- goes head to head with the global map of night lights (#2 in the Earth at night section). Voting is open for the fourth round of Tournament: Earth. P ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (4 updated events, 4 new images) -- EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION AT PALUWEH VOLCANO A recent eruption covered much of Indonesia's Paluweh Volcano in ash. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80796&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Mar 31, 2013 (Posted on Apr 01, 2013 10:58 AM) ACTIVITY AT KIZIMEN VOLCANO Kizimen Volcano began erupting in 20 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2002 Issue Time: 2013 Apr 01 0606 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2001 Begin Time: 2013 Mar 30 1335 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3677 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-13 2013 March 31 at 7:18 p.m. MDT (2013 April 1 0118 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 25-31 Category G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 29-30 March due to coronal hole high speed stream effects. Outlook For April 1-7 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 Apr 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 91 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Apr 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1704 N15W34 255 0070 Hax 02 02 Alpha 1707 S11W12 233 0030 Cao 04 05 Beta 1708 N11E30 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2001 Issue Time: 2013 Mar 31 0501 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2000 Begin Time: 2013 Mar 30 1335 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1817 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Mar 31 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 90 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Mar 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1704 N15W21 256 0070 Hax 02 03 Alpha 1707 S11E04 231 0040 Hax 02 02 Alpha 1708 N11E45 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2000 Issue Time: 2013 Mar 30 1351 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2013 Mar 30 1335 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Mar 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 89 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Mar 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1704 N15W08 256 0090 Cao 03 03 Beta 1707 S11E18 230 0050 Cao 04 07 Beta 1708 N11E58 1 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOLCAN COPAHUE With a history of eruptions throughout the Twentieth Century, Volcan Copahue showed signs of new life in late 2012 and early 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80765&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Feb 19, 2013 (Posted on Mar 29, 2013 12:04 PM) -------------------------- ...Continue Reading