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SPACE WEATHER NOAA Forecasts Solar Flares: Probabilities for a medium-sized (M-class) or a major (X-class) solar flare during the next 24/48 hours are tabulated below. Updated at
Geomagnetic Storms: Probabilities for significant disturbances in Earth's magnetic field are given for three activity levels: active, minor storm, severe storm Updated at
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Essential Web Links |
NOAA Space Environment Center -- The official U.S. government bureau for real-time monitoring of solar and geophysical events, research in solar-terrestrial physics, and forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances. Atmospheric Optics -- the first place to look for information about sundogs, pillars, rainbows and related phenomena. Solar and Heliospheric Observatory -- Realtime and archival images of the Sun from SOHO. (European Mirror Site) Daily Sunspot Summaries -- from the NOAA Space Environment Center. X-ray images of the Sun: GOES-12 and GOES-13 Recent Solar Events -- a summary of current solar conditions from lmsal.com. The Lion Roars -- visit this site to find out what the magnetosphere sounds like. List of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids -- from the Harvard Minor Planet Center. Observable Comets -- from the Harvard Minor Planet Center. Real-time Solar Wind Data -- from NASA's ACE spacecraft. How powerful are solar wind gusts? Not very! Read this story from Science@NASA. More Real-time Solar Wind Data -- from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Proton Monitor. Lists of Coronal Mass Ejections -- from 1996 to 2006 Mirages: Mirages in Finland; An Introduction to Mirages; NOAA Solar Flare and Sunspot Data: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; Jan-Mar 2006; Apr-Jun 2006; Jul-Sep 2006; Oct-Dec 2006. |
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