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This is where I'll put (display) some features I'm toying with - I'll try to put up a survey so you can vote on things you like.
There will be no "organization" to this page -- it simply will display new content I'm considering for inclusion in AIWeather.com..
As a sandbox -- not everything may "work" (links may be broken, buttons may not do anything etc).
As items are discarded as "not going to use" I may or may not delete them from here.
As items are placed into use, they will be removed from here.
Sandbox Items:
Severe Weather Alerts - Probably linked to the Storms page. beforeafter
Weather "Story" -- I choose "Spokane" as the starting point, but you can click on the button to get Seattle's. I found Spokane's nicer to view, and included the puget sound.
Would probably link this in with the Forecast page.
Weather Story
Weather Story
Neighbors
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West Map East
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No Weather Story has been issued today.
No Weather Story has been issued today.
Storm Prediction Map (US)
Interesting, but not sure how (or if) it fits in...

SEVERE  WEATHER  REPORTS

Daily reports for the entire US issued by the Storm Prediction Center*

Yesterday's Reports      Today's Reports
Archived Reports
TODAY'S STORM REPORTS
Total reports today: 0 0-Tornado 0-Wind 0-Hail     
Storm map

* Time of reports. The Storm Prediction Center 24 hour daily reports are generated between 1200 UTC and 1159 UTC for a common time reference across the US. The actual "day" starts at noon UTC and ends at one minute before noon UTC the next day. For the MST timezone, the daily reports start at 5:00am and ends at 4:59am the following day. Reports sorted above reflect MST and start with the most recent.
All of the reports are considered preliminary and should be treated as such.

 

Space Weather/Info

Space Weather Observations, Alerts, and Forecast


3-day Solar-Geophysical Forecast Space Weather Forecast Unavailable
Error reading spaceweather current update data.

Real Time Images of the Sun


SOHO EIT 304
Click for time-lapse image of the sun 		SOHO EIT 284
SOHO EIT 284 image of the sun 		Mauna Loa Solar Image
Latest Mauna Loa image of the Sun

The sun is constantly monitored for sun spots and coronal mass ejections. EIT (Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope) images the solar atmosphere at several wavelengths, and therefore, shows solar material at different temperatures. In the images taken at 304 Angstrom the bright material is at 60,000 to 80,000 degrees Kelvin. In those taken at 171 Angstrom, at 1 million degrees. 195 Angstrom images correspond to about 1.5 million Kelvin, 284 Angstrom to 2 million degrees. The hotter the temperature, the higher you look in the solar atmosphere.

Real Time Solar X-ray and Solar Wind


Solar Cycle Progression
Graph showing current solar cycle progression
Solar Cycle chart updated using the latest ISES predictions. 		Real-Time Solar Wind
Graph showing Real-Time Solar Wind
Real-Time Solar Wind data broadcast from NASA's ACE satellite.

The Solar Cycle is observed by counting the frequency and placement of sunspots visible on the Sun. Solar minimum occurred in December, 2008. Solar maximum is expected to occur in May, 2013.

Solar X-ray Flux
Graph showing Real-Time Solar X-ray Flux
This plot shows 3-days of 5-minute solar x-ray flux values measured on the SWPC primary and secondary GOES satellites. 		Satellite Environment Plot
Graph showing Real-Time Satellite Environment Plot
The Satellite Environment Plot combines satellite and ground-based data to provide an overview of the current geosynchronous satellite environment.

Auroral Activity Extrapolated from NOAA POES


Northern Hemi Auroral Map
Current Northern hemispheric power input map 		Southern Hemi Auroral Map
Current Southern hemispheric power input map

Instruments on board the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) continually monitor the power flux carried by the protons and electrons that produce aurora in the atmosphere. SWPC has developed a technique that uses the power flux observations obtained during a single pass of the satellite over a polar region (which takes about 25 minutes) to estimate the total power deposited in an entire polar region by these auroral particles. The power input estimate is converted to an auroral activity index that ranges from 1 to 10.

Credits:

Space Weather Images and Information (excluded from copyright) courtesy of: NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center, Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (HAO/NCAR), and SOHO (ESA & NASA).

Space Weather links:
3-Day Forecast of Solar and Geophysical Activity
Space Weather Now
Today's Space Weather
Real-Time Solar Wind
Space Weather Outlooks
Space Weather Bulletins
Space Weather Alerts and Warnings
Space Weather Alerts - Current Month
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
The Very Latest SOHO Images

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