[flash2368]

I don’t know who wrote this hogwash but it is absolute BS on a Solar magnitude. Must be one of Al Gore’s operatives.

Here is the latest summary of Solar activity from NOAA:

Updated 2009 Jul 06 2201 UTC

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

SDF Number 187 Issued at 2200Z on 06 Jul 2009

Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 05/2100Z to 06/2100Z: Solar activity was low. Region 1024 (S27W26) produced an isolated C1/Sf flare at 06/1705Z. Region 1024 showed minor decay with loss of some intermediate spots, but retained a mix of polarities near region center.

Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for an isolated C-class flare.

Geophysical Activity Summary 05/2100Z to 06/2100Z: Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels.

Geophysical Activity Forecast: Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during days 1 - 2 (07 - 08 July). Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels on day 3 (09 July) due to an increase in solar wind velocities associated with a favorably positioned coronal hole.

[Latest Report]

[dragnet2]

“”I don’t know who wrote this hogwash but it is absolute BS on a Solar magnitude.””

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Prolonged Sunspot Drought Ends as New Spots Appear

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

After one of the longest sunspot droughts in modern times, solar activity picked up quickly over the weekend.

A new group of sunspots developed, and while not dramatic by historic standards, the spots were the most significant in many months.

“This is the best sunspot I’ve seen in two years,” observer Michael Buxton of Ocean Beach, Calif., said on Spaceweather.com.

Solar activity goes in a roughly 11-year cycle. Sunspots are the visible signs of that activity, and they are the sites from which massive solar storms lift off.

The past two years have marked the lowest low in the cycle since 1913, and for a while scientists were wondering if activity would ever pick back up.

The new set of spots, named 1024, is kicking up modest solar flares.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530275,00.html

[JTHomes]

Is there really enough parallax between N.A. and Australia that a spot is only viewable from the Southern Hemi? Seems like a hoax.

[piytar]

That was my hunch - trying to mess with those of us who have some clue about the sunspot-solar wind-cosmic ray-cloud formation-climate dynamic...

[frithguild]

This is such a strange story. Why all the hyperventilating about a sunspot?

[hoosier hick]

I think their excitement over receiving the 12 inch telescope might provide some answers...

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[Mr. Lucky]

Facts? They don’t need no stinkin’ facts. This is global warming they’re talking about.

[justa-hairyape]

I don’t know who wrote this hogwash but it is absolute BS on a Solar magnitude. Must be one of Al Gore’s operatives.

So now the Al Gore Cultists are hoping for Strong Solar Activity ? I thought they were worried about Global Warming ?

[AFPhys]

Thank you for posting something factual. The author of this piece has absolutely NO idea what reality is.