Sunspots = strong solar plasma convection currents which = intensity of output.
Sunspot latitude = strength of plasma longitudinal currents. When longitudinal currents are strong sunspots are frequent and at high latitudes as well as low. When the current weakens sunspots occur infrequently near the equator.
There's a cause for this which is the wobble in the sun due to planetary alignment. Less wobble = less plasma current and less sunspots.
The sun is going into a near-circular wobble pattern for the next 20+ years. So, few then no sunspots until about 2035.
Sunspots may cease for an extended period by 2020. If that happens a Maunder Minimum type cold will follow.
