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Wednesday, November 02, 2016 01:21:34

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Space Weather Conditions
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24-Hour Observed Maximums
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Current Space Weather Conditions
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R1 (Minor) Radio Blackout Impacts
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HF Radio: Weak or minor degradation of HF radio communication on sunlit side, occasional loss of radio contact.
Navigation: Low-frequency navigation signals degraded for brief intervals.
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  • Solar Wind Speed: km/sec
  • Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt nT, Bz nT
  • Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: sfu

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US-TEC Model Upgrade
DSCOVR location at L1
SWPC Twitter Information Announcement
New Regional Geomagnetic Products Debut
Friday, October 07, 2016 21:40 UTC

SWPC today (Oct. 5) deployed experimental products from the new operational Geospace model.

US-TEC Model Upgrade
Thursday, September 15, 2016 16:05 UTC

Early Deployment Update: SWPC will deploy the Total Electron Content model upgrade one week early, on Monday 9/19.

27 July 2016 - It’s all systems go for NOAA’s first deep-space space weather satellite
Thursday, June 23, 2016 20:40 UTC

Beginning at Noon EDT (1600 UTC) on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, SWPC will start using data from NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacec

SWPC now on Twitter as of 2 May
Monday, May 23, 2016 17:10 UTC

The Space Weather Prediction Center began use of Twitter on May 2nd as another social media outreach tool.

Serving Essential Space Weather Communities

The Sun's X-Rays

Solar X-Ray Imager Image

Coronal Mass Ejections

LASCO C3 Coronagraph Image

The Aurora

Aurora ovation plot

GOES X-Ray Flux

GOES X-Ray flux plot

GOES Proton Flux

GOES Proton Flux plot

Estimated Planetary K-Index

Planetary K Index plot