For daily and often hourly updates (during active times) visit me on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TamithaSkov

For a more in-depth look at the data and images highlighted in this video see these links below.

Solar Imaging and Analysis:
SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
Helioviewer: http://www.helioviewer.org/
Flare Analysis: http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/
Computer Aided CME Tracking CACTUS: http://www.sidc.oma.be/cactus/out/latestCMEs.html
GOES Xray: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_1m.html
SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/
Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
GONG magnetic field synoptic movie: https://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/standard_movie.html
GONG magnetic field synoptic charts: http://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/
LMSAL Heliophysics Events HEK http://www.lmsal.com/isolsearch

Solar Wind:
DISCOVR solar wind: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/real-time-solar-wind
ACE Solar Wind: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace-real-time-solar-wind
NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: https://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=2038-01-23+00%3A44%3A00&window=-1&cygnetId=261
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction

Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Atmosphere:
GOES Magnetometer: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-magnetometer
Ionosphere D-Region Absorption (DRAP) model: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/d-region-absorption-predictions-d-rap/
Radio Propagation: https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/atlantic-mf-hf-propagation-20min-persistence/
Near-Earth radiation environment: https://spaceweather.gfz-potsdam.de/products-data/forecasts
Auroral Oval Ovation Products: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
Global 3-hr Kp index: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index
Wing Kp index prediction: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wing-kp
USGS Ground Magnetometers: http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/
USGS Disturbance Storm-Time (Dst): http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/dst/
NAIRAS Radiation Storm Model: http://sol.spacenvironment.net/raps_ops/current_files/globeView.html

Multi-Purpose Space Environment Sites:
NOAA/SWPC: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov
SOLARHAM: http://www.solarham.net/index.htm
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com
iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html

Definition of Geomagnetic Storm, Radiation Storm, and Radio Blackout Levels:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/

None of this would be possible without the hard work and dedication of those who have provided all of this data for public use.

Images c/o NASA/ESA/CSA (most notably the superb SDO, SOHO, ACE, STEREO, CCMC, JPL & DSN teams, amazing professionals, hobbyists, institutions, organizations, agencies and amateurs such as those at the USAF/HAARP, NICT, NOAA, USGS, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Intellicast, Catatania, rice.edu, wisc.edu, sonoma.edu ucalgary.ca, rssi.ru, ohio-state.edu, solen.info, and more. Thanks for making Space Weather part of our every day dialogue.

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In this video you can discover the science behind 5 optical weather phenomena.

To learn more about the history of meteorology and the science behind the weather headlines, you can listen to our audio podcasts here:

https://soundcloud.com/metofficepodcasts

_Video credits_

Parhelion

Kalle Centergren: https://youtu.be/5s_r84I9P7s

Scarakus: https://youtu.be/CGRslobsdME

Crepuscular Rays

Chris DeLeon: https://youtu.be/kqjggweyKrQ

Vienna Stormspotters: https://youtu.be/7ZRdnPowBL0

Haloes

Elbisaiful Razaimie: https://youtu.be/VRVkQRIpNZ8

REKZEN JHENG: https://youtu.be/I3h0CmbB5FE

Aurora

Alf Pilz: https://youtu.be/VLXkZU86YvE

Nasa.gov: https://youtu.be/mWJIfjzM2AI

_Music credits_

Blue skies by Unwritten Stories

https://soundcloud.com/unwritten-stories

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To learn more about the history of meteorology and the science behind the weather headlines, you can listen to our audio podcasts here:

https://soundcloud.com/metofficepodcasts

*Video Credits*

_Willy willy_

Hayley Steele – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJbgOcPRjtk

James King – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swex8cPMnGY

_Brocken Spectre_

Michael Elcock – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m0zC_ivmw8

to2400km – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WW5BtklhFk

_Lenticular clouds_

GenePoolChlorine – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfT1bjvfi1U

Ronan O Keeffe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCMi9cxvlV8

Bazmo75 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRYBSMNR5RM

_Aurora_

Alf Pilz – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLXkZU86YvE

Thomas Sjoen – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1qvxoGPtiY

Nasa.gov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWJIfjzM2AI

_Haboob_

Chuck Reynolds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFfMbzqW17w

Rhirwin10 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKBJbKXiJ0w

Chance Houston – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQMJ6qwoQpw

_Willy willy_

Also known as dust devils, Willy willys are whirlwinds that can reach over 1000 feet in height. It is the dust and debris that get caught within them that makes them visible.

They mainly occur in desert and semi-arid areas, where the ground is dry and high surface temperatures produce strong updrafts.

In Navajo culture, willy-willy were thought to be the ghosts or spirits of the dead

_Brocken spectre_

A Brocken spectre is the large magnified shadow of an observer, cast onto clouds or mist.

They are most often seen on mountain tops, when a person stands above cloud level.

They can create the illusion of a giant shadowy figure seen dimly through the mist.

Shifting water droplets in the cloud or mist can also make the shadow appear to move.

Often the spectre will be combined with a circular ‘glory’, appearing as a rainbow halo around the shadow’s head.

_Lenticular clouds_

Usually formed behind hills or mountains, where the air is stable and winds at different heights are blowing from a similar direction.

The wind is interrupted, the airflow undulates and condenses into these disc-shaped clouds.

They can sometimes be seen as far as 60 miles downwind of the mountains that formed them.

They are also believed to be one of the most common explanations for UFO sightings.

_Aurora_

Visible in the sky in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, usually near the poles, auroras are mysterious and beautiful natural light shows.

They are caused by collisions between electrically charged particles released from the sun and gas molecules such as oxygen and nitrogen in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Many cultures have myths relating to aurora – In Finland it was believed that the lights were caused by the firefox, who ran so quickly across the snow that his tail caused sparks to fly into the night sky.

_Haboob_

Haboob began as a name for intense dust storms over the Saharan desert, coming from the Arabic word meaning “strong wind”.

It is now often used to describe powerful dust storms that occur in arid regions throughout the world.

Haboobs can grow to be around 10,000 feet high and the strongest can travel over 100 miles.

They are caused by strong wind, flowing down and out from thunderstorms or strong showers.

These strong winds stir up a thick wall of dust, which can move at up to 60 mph.

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