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This week our Sun gives us one more reason to believe Solar Cycle 25
is coming! Another new cycle sunspot, this time in the southern
hemisphere has not only appeared in Earth view, but it has lingered!
It even managed to fire off a couple of B-class flares before going
quiet. This may be the first “real” activity that can be officially
assigned to the upcoming Solar Cycle 25. In addition to this great
news, we also have multiple coronal holes that have (or will be)
rotating in through the Earth-strike zone this week. One of them sent
strong enough fast wind our way to cause aurora clear down to Wyoming.
The next burst of fast wind should hit around Monday into Tuesday. As
for solar flux, its in the dumper and will continue to remain in the
high 60s for the remainder of the week. This means radio propagation
on Earth’s dayside continues to be poor for emergency responders and
amateur radio operators. However, the low solar flux and low solar
activity means GPS reception on the dayside of Earth will continue to
be great this week. Learn more about the new cycle sunspot and see
what else our star has in store this week.
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For a more in-depth look at the data and images highlighted in this
video see these links below.
Solar Imaging and Analysis: SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
Helioviewer: http://www.helioviewer.org/ Flare Analysis:
http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest… Computer Aided CME Tracking
CACTUS: http://www.sidc.oma.be/cactus/out/lat… GOES Xray:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xra… SOHO:
http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/ Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
GONG magnetic field synoptic movie:
https://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/stan… GONG magnetic field synoptic
charts: http://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/ LMSAL Heliophysics Events HEK
http://www.lmsal.com/isolsearch
Solar Wind: DISCOVR solar wind:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/rea… ACE Solar Wind:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace… NASA ENLIL SPIRAL:
https://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/IswaSystem… NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa…
Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Atmosphere: GOES Magnetometer:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goe… Ionosphere D-Region
Absorption (DRAP) model: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/d-r…
Auroral Oval Ovation Products:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aur… Global 3-hr Kp index:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/pla… Wing Kp index prediction:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/win… USGS Ground Magnetometers:
http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/ USGS Disturbance Storm-Time (Dst):
http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/dst/ NAIRAS Radiation Storm Model:
http://sol.spacenvironment.net/raps_o…
Multi-Purpose Space Environment Sites: NOAA/SWPC:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov SOLARHAM: http://www.solarham.net/index.htm
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com iSWA:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html
Definition of Geomagnetic Storm, Radiation Storm, and Radio Blackout
Levels: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/
None of this would be possible without the hard work and dedication of
those who have provided all of this data for public use.
Images c/o NASA/ESA/CSA (most notably the superb SDO, SOHO, ACE,
STEREO, CCMC, JPL & DSN teams, amazing professionals, hobbyists,
institutions, organizations, agencies and amateurs such as those at
the USAF/HAARP, NICT, NOAA, USGS, Environment Canada, Natural
Resources Canada, Intellicast, Catatania, rice.edu, wisc.edu,
sonoma.edu ucalgary.ca, rssi.ru, ohio-state.edu, solen.info, and more.
Thanks for making Space Weather part of our every day dialogue.