Today's Space Weather

This site shows 3-day plots of Solar X-Ray Flux, the electron proton density and magnetic field measured by the GOES Satellite which is in a geostationary orbit approximately 23,000 miles over the equator in South America. The estimated Kp is also given as well as a 3-Day Solar-Geophysical forecast.

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/today.html

 

Space Weather Now

This NOAA site shows a variety of data including the real-time Solar Wind data form the ACE satellite.

ACE orbits the L1 libration point which is a point of Earth-Sun gravitational equilibrium about 1.5 million km from Earth and 148.5 million km from the Sun. ACE provides near-real-time 24/7 continuous coverage of solar wind parameters and solar energetic particle intensities (space weather). When reporting space weather ACE can provide an advance warning (about one hour) of geomagnetic storms that can overload power grids, disrupt communications on Earth, and present a hazard to astronauts.

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html

 

SOHO

The Solar & Heliospheric Observatory provides pictures of the Sun at a variety of wavelengths and will allow you to track sunspots, flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs).

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

 

POES

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. This is a good site to go to when the conditions indicate Auroral activity in your locale.

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/Intro.html

 

HAARP

The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) site in Alaska provides a wealth of ionospheric, auroral, Natural Radio, and magnetospheric data in spite of all the paranoia surrounding this research facility.

http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/index.html