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NOAA's Space Environment Center, working together with the U.S. Air Force, issues daily forecasts and warnings of solar and geomagnetic activity. The communications and electric power industries, as well as other government and private users, rely on these predictions to keep their businesses running smoothly. Illustration courtesy of SEC/NOAA. What's Happening Today in Space? The University of Michigan's Windows to the Universe project--along with WeatherNet 4 and Rice Connections--compare today's conditions with the norms. How Do You Forecast Space Weather? The Space Science Institute describes what goes into a space weather prediction. Another Method of Prediction Researchers in the Plasma Physics Division of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing a new system for predicting storms based primarily on observations of the solar wind. Current Space Weather Status The Department of Space Physics and Astronomy at Rice University provides a more technical report on how the solar wind is blowing today. Brought to you by the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Program and NASA.
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