Space Weather News for Dec. 13, 2011 http://spaceweather.com GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Forecasters expect meteor rates to reach 20-to-40 per hour when the shower peaks in bright moonlight on the night of Dec.13/14. The best time to look, no matter where you live, is between 10 pm local time on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and sunrise on Wednesday, Dec. 14th. Check http://spaceweather.com for more inform ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1366 N18W55 062 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1372 N10W36 043 0010 Bxo 06 06 Beta 1374 S17E15 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 12 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 346 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1363 S24W85 106 0250 Hhx 03 03 Alpha 1364 N18W82 103 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1366 N18W40 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 11 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 345 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1363 S20W74 108 0250 Hhx 06 01 Alpha 1364 N18W71 105 0050 Cso 04 02 Beta 1366 N18W27 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 10 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 344 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1362 N07W85 131 0060 Hsx 07 01 Alpha 1363 S20W62 109 0280 Dho 08 03 Beta 1364 N17W57 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Dec. 9, 2011 http://spaceweather.com LUNAR ECLIPSE: Sky watchers on the Pacific side of Earth should be alert for a total lunar eclipse on Saturday, Dec. 10th. The disk of the full Moon will turn a beautiful shade of copper-red as it passes through Earth's shadow between 4:45 am and 8:18 am Pacific Standard Time (12:45 to 16:18 UT). For observers in western parts of the USA and Canada, the event will be magnified by the Moon illusion as the morning Moon sets behind trees, buildings, and other ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 09 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 343 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1362 N07W72 131 0060 Cso 09 03 Beta 1363 S21W47 107 0270 Dho 10 07 Beta 1364 N17W43 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 08 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 342 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1362 N06W59 132 0180 Eso 11 03 Beta 1363 S22W32 105 0400 Ehi 11 12 Beta 1364 N18W30 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 07 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1361 N18W81 167 0010 Bxo 05 02 Beta 1362 N06W46 132 0110 Eso 11 07 Beta-Gamma 1363 S22 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11-54 2011 December 6 at 12:15 p.m. MST (2011 December 6 1915 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 28-December 4 A category S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm was observed from 26/1125Z to 28/0145Z. Outlook For December 7-13 No space weather storms are expected during the period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, ...Continue Reading