:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Mar 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 63 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Mar 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1681 N17W21 252 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 1682 S18W68 298 0200 Dao 10 03 Beta 1683 S16E30 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-9 2013 March 3 at 5:19 p.m. MST (2013 March 4 0019 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 25-March 3 A G1 geomagnetic storm was observed on 01 March. Outlook For March 4-10 No space weather storms are predicted. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Servi ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for March 3, 2013 http://spaceweather.com NAKED-EYE COMET: Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4) is now inside the orbit of Mercury and it is brightening as it approaches the sun. Observers in the southern hemisphere say the comet can be seen with the naked eye even through city lights. Currently, it is about as bright as the stars of the Big Dipper (magnitude +2 to +3). The comet could become even brighter when it moves into northern hemisphere skies in the second week of March. Check http://spaceweathe ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1987 Issue Time: 2013 Mar 03 0507 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1986 Begin Time: 2013 Mar 02 1040 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3800 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 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 62 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Mar 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1680 S28W27 271 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta 1681 N17W07 251 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 1682 S18W56 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1986 Issue Time: 2013 Mar 02 1056 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2013 Mar 02 1040 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 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 61 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Mar 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1680 S29W13 270 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta 1681 N17E06 251 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 1682 S18W42 ...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 TURKMENISTAN A dust storm blew through Turkmenistan at the end of February 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80552&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 28, 2013 (Posted on Mar 01, 2013 1:12 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Ha ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Mar 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 60 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Mar 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1680 S28W00 270 0020 Cro 04 03 Beta 1681 N17E20 249 0020 Cro 02 02 Beta 1682 S18W30 2 ...Continue Reading

Thirty-two will vie for the title, but only one can be the winner. They are the best Earth images of the year, the top 32 from 2012. But which ones will be good enough to survive head-to-head competition? From March 4 through April 5, Earth Observatory readers can vote for their favorite images of the year, whittling the total from 32 to 16 to 8 to 4 to 2 in a tournament of remote sensing science. The competition will be stiff in the four bra ...Continue Reading