Solar radiation storm knocks out main US weather satelitte

(USA Today) -- One of the primary weather satellites meteorologists use to forecast weather over the eastern USA and the tropical Atlantic Ocean failed late Tuesday, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) geostationary satellite, known as "GOES-13," experienced trouble with its imaging equipment, he reports. "GOES" stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.

This is "not good on the verge of hurricane season," says J. Marshall Shepherd, a research meteorologist at the University of Georgia. Hurricane season starts on June 1.

NOAA is reactivating another satellite, GOES-14, just as the agency did last year when GOES-13 experienced a problem, Sosnowski says. Officials expect the new satellite to be ready early Thursday. If the backup fails, however, options are greatly reduced.

Geostationary satellites are in orbit 22,238 miles above the equator, which means they orbit at the same speed as the Earth's rotation, keeping them above the same spot on Earth.

NOAA reports that GOES satellites constantly monitor severe thunderstorms, flooding rainfall and hurricanes. They "are key instruments for meteorologists to provide watches and warnings for these dangerous weather phenomena," Sosnowski notes.

The "geostationary" satellites are different from the "polar-orbiting" satellites that provide much of the data for the computer models forecasters use to predict weather. Some of the polar-orbiting satellites could deteriorate or fail in the coming years, before new ones are able to be launched. This could leave a gap in the weather data that forecasters use.

(USA Today)

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Police search houses in Greenwich and Lincolnshire as it emerges the two suspects were not considered an immediate threat by MI5.
The two terror suspects being held under armed guard at hospitals in London were both known to security services, Government sources say.

The men - who were apparently assessed by MI5 as not posing a threat requiring "immediate intervention" - were arrested following the hacking to death of a serving soldier in the street in Woolwich, southeast London.

Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said one suspect had been identified as Michael Adeboloja, a 28-year-old Londoner of Nigerian descent.

Police investigating the attack have been searching an address in Greenwich and another in Lincolnshire, believed to be connected to Adeboloja.

Brunt added: "We believe it is his father's house that is being searched by Lincolnshire Police on behalf of counter-terrorism command at Scotland Yard."

Relatives of the dead soldier are believed to have been informed and his identity is expected to be released later today. A post mortem is being carried out on the body.

A Facebook page in honour of the Woolwich victim has received around one million 'likes'.
Counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation into the "shocking and horrific" murder and the Prime Minister has held talks with his top advisers to address potential security implications.

Two suspected Muslim fanatics attacked the man in the street a short distance from the Royal Artillery Barracks after apparently knocking him down with their car.

Witnesses said they set about the soldier with a number of weapons, which appeared to include knives and a meat cleaver, while shouting the name of "Allah".

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