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Southern Australia set to bake again while the east remains cool

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By: Max Gonzalez, 02/05/2014

Another round of heat will be making its ways across SA, VIC, TAS and western NSW from today until the weekend. Have you ever wondered why? In Adelaide, temperatures will be on the rise from today peaking in the mid 40s on Saturday before a cool change early on Sunday. The cool relief, however, will not last as temperatures will gradually increase again next week reaching the mid 40s yet again by Thursday. Melburnians will experience similar conditions, with temperatures in the high 30s on Saturday before a late-morning/midday cool change on Sunday. Temperatures will then gradually raise early next week, reaching the mid 30s by Thursday 13th before yet another cool change.

 

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Earthquake Report for 02/04/2014

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By: USGS

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39 earthquakes

 

    5.5 61km W of Agat Village, Guam 2014-02-04 10:49:16 UTC-08:00 134.7 km

    3.0 74km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico 2014-02-04 10:29:02 UTC-08:00 44.0 km

    4.5 109km NW of Iquique, Chile 2014-02-04 10:27:53 UTC-08:00 18.9 km

    4.4 114km NW of Iquique, Chile 2014-02-04 10:19:36 UTC-08:00 20.4 km

    4.2 33km WSW of Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate, Guatemala 2014-02-04 10:04:07 UTC-08:00 64.2 km

    2.9 19km S of Perry, Oklahoma 2014-02-04 07:59:51 UTC-08:00 5.0 km

    4.7 13km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan 2014-02-04 07:48:14 UTC-08:00 136.1 km

    3.3 18km NW of Caldwell, Kansas 2014-02-04 06:08:17 UTC-08:00 5.0 km

    2.6 22km SSW of Y, Alaska 2014-02-04 04:27:09 UTC-08:00 17.5 km

    4.8 79km N of Claveria, Philippines 2014-02-04 04:18:33 UTC-08:00 26.6 km

    4.9 69km WSW of San Antonio, Chile 2014-02-04 03:53:26 UTC-08:00 7.8 km

    2.6 6km E of Covelo, California 2014-02-04 03:48:16 UTC-08:00 3.2 km

~Space Weather Update~ APPROACHING CME, Continued M Class Flares WOW

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APPROACHING CME: NOAA forecasters estimate a 25% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on Feb. 4th when a CME is expected to sideswipe Earth's magnetic field. The glancing impact could spark auroras around the Arctic Circle. Aurora alerts: text, voice

CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters estimate an 80% chance of M-flares and a 50% chance of X-flares on Feb. 4th. The source would be giant sunspot AR1967, shown here seething with activity in a photo from amateur astronomer Sergio Castillo of Inglewood, California:

In Castillo's photo, a pair of magnetic filaments reaches out from the heart of the active region, where multiple dark cores big enough to swallow Earth are crackling with flares. "The activity in this region is just amazing," says Castillo.

AR1967 has an unstable 'delta-class' magnetic field that harbors energy for strong flares and CMEs. Any eruptions today will surely be Earth-directed as the active region crosses the center of the solar disk. Solar flare alerts: text, voice

~Breaking News~ M1 Class Solar Flare

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Earthquake Report for 02/03/2014

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By: USGS

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27 earthquakes

 

    2.8 71km ENE of Cape Yakataga, Alaska 2014-02-03 11:32:09 UTC-08:00 0.0 km

    2.8 30km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-02-03 11:02:37 UTC-08:00 100.0 km

    3.4 4km NW of Healy, Alaska 2014-02-03 08:39:23 UTC-08:00 117.7 km

    3.4 96km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-02-03 07:14:18 UTC-08:00 18.0 km

    3.2 10km W of Progreso, Mexico 2014-02-03 05:12:06 UTC-08:00 13.2 km

    2.6 19km NNE of Snyder, Texas 2014-02-03 03:16:27 UTC-08:00 5.0 km

    2.8 91km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-02-03 01:50:43 UTC-08:00 14.0 km

    3.5 83km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska 2014-02-03 01:43:06 UTC-08:00 84.1 km

    4.4 271km SE of Lambasa, Fiji 2014-02-03 01:34:17 UTC-08:00 584.6 km

    2.9 87km S of Old Iliamna, Alaska 2014-02-03 01:17:00 UTC-08:00 100.0 km

    3.9 18km NW of Caldwell, Kansas 2014-02-03 01:03:21 UTC-08:00 5.0 km

    2.8 35km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska 2014-02-03 00:51:42 UTC-08:00 62.4 km

~ Space Weather~BIG SUNSPOT, HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY, Delayed CME

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CME DELAYED: A CME expected to sideswipe Earth's magnetic field on Feb 2nd did not arrive on time. A new analysis by NOAA forecasters suggests it will reach Earth on Feb. 4th instead. The late arrival could spark minor geomagnetic storms and auroras on Tuesday. Aurora alerts: text, voice

BIG SUNSPOT, HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY: Solar activity reached high levels yesterday with seven M-class solar flares and three CMEs. Almost all of the explosions were produced by monster sunspot AR1967, shown here in a photo from Chris Schur of Payson, Arizona:

Click to view the entire sunspot. AR1967 is wider than the planet Jupiter and its primary dark cores are big enough to swallow Earth many times over. The scale of the thing makes it an easy target for backyard solar telescopes. "I used an Explore Scientific AR152 to take the picture," says Schur. "This is one of the most photogenic sunspots I have ever seen."

Earthquake Report for 02/02/2014

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By: USGS

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41 earthquakes

 

    2.9 14km W of Isla Vista, California 2014-02-02 13:51:20 UTC-08:00 5.9 km

    2.6 31km N of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-02-02 11:53:20 UTC-08:00 0.0 km

    5.2 168km W of Sabtang, Philippines 2014-02-02 10:51:09 UTC-08:00 10.0 km

    5.1 260km SSE of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand 2014-02-02 10:11:58 UTC-08:00 10.0 km

    4.6 17km WSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2014-02-02 09:59:47 UTC-08:00 221.4 km

    3.1 51km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-02-02 09:29:22 UTC-08:00 15.0 km

    4.7 North of Halmahera, Indonesia 2014-02-02 08:57:34 UTC-08:00 47.4 km

    4.3 43km NE of Shwebo, Burma 2014-02-02 08:45:24 UTC-08:00 15.8 km

    2.6 25km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-02-02 08:02:13 UTC-08:00 100.0 km

    5.3 89km SE of Minab, Iran 2014-02-02 06:26:47 UTC-08:00 25.0 km

    4.5 Izu Islands, Japan region 2014-02-02 05:48:50 UTC-08:00 461.6 km

    3.1 17km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico 2014-02-02 05:11:55 UTC-08:00 11.0 km

~Space Weather Update~ Chance of Storms Today Continued M Class Flares WOOHOO

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Northern Lights - a Guide

CHANCE OF STORMS TODAY: NOAA forecasters estimate a 45% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on Feb. 2nd in response to a glancing blow from a CME. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras on Super Bowl Sunday. Aurora alerts: text, voice

BIG SUNSPOTS FACE EARTH: A pair of large sunspots is directly facing Earth. The larger of the two, AR1967, has a 'delta-class' magnetic field that harbors energy for powerful solar flares. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the behemoth during the early hours of Feb. 2nd:

~ Space Weather Update~ INCOMING CME, CHANCE OF STORMS

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COLDEST SPOT IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE: NASA engineers are building a refrigerator for the International Space Station that can make atoms colder than anything else in the known universe. Inside this "Cold Atom Lab," researchers hope to discover new forms of matter and novel quantum phenomena. Get the full story from Science@NASA.

INCOMING CME, CHANCE OF STORMS: Big sunspot AR1967 is crackling with solar flares and hurling CMEs into space. The biggest CME so far was propelled away from the sun on Jan. 30th by an M6-class explosion in the sunspot's magnetic canopy. It is expected to reach Earth on Feb. 2nd:

The blast was not squarely Earth-directed. Instead, it will deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetic field. NOAA forecasters estimate a 45% chance of polar geomagnetic storms when the cloud arrives on Sunday. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras. Aurora alerts: text, voice

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