28 solar flares in the last seven days, and more may be coming(about time)

Los Angeles Times ^ | October 31, 2013, 4:04 p.m. | Deborah Netburn

[Texas Fossil]

The sun has erupted more than two dozen times over the last week, sending radiation and solar material hurtling through space - and scientists say more eruptions may be coming.

This shouldn't be unusual. After all, we are technically at solar maximum, the peak of the 11-year cycle of the sun's activity. But this has been a noticeably mellow solar maximum, with the sun staying fairly quiet throughout the summer. So when our life-giving star suddenly let loose with 24 medium strength M-class solar flares and four significantly stronger X-class flares between Oct. 23 and Oct. 30, it felt like a surprise.

[Texas Fossil]

The author states that we should be a sunspot maximum on a 11 year cycle. The cycle length is not predictable.

Now, may be we will have a maximum. We are just coming out of a very long and deep sunspot minimum.

And, Yes, it affects weather. But IT is not man made.

[dfwgator]

Should make for good DXing.

[Paladin2]

The sun is apparently experiencing an ammo shortage too.

[DYngbld]

And, Yes, it affects weather. But IT is not man made.

What? You are saying that nothing we do on Earth effects the cyclic pattern of the sun? hmmm who would of thunk? /sarc

[Gator113]

We should blow the sun up before the darn thing kills us all.

[BuckeyeTexan]

(*snort*)

[bigbob]

bring it...

[Mastador1]

We should blow the sun up before the darn thing kills us all.

STOP IT! Al Gore hates it when people release his plans before he does.

[C210N]

The sunspot numbers recently taking a dive will undoubtedly make a blip UP when accounting for October data. The graph below is thru Sept (will update Monday). The warmists will most likely claim "OH looky, a double-peak max!!!" Should bear in mind that other indicators show that the polarity of the polar regions have already switched, and cycle 24 has already max'ed.

[trebb]

And, Yes, it affects weather. But IT is not man made.

[trebb]

And, Yes, it affects weather. But IT is not man made.

How can you say that - just observing it sends negatively charged photon receptors streaming at the Sun and their impact and mini-explosions at varying depths causes eddies which have significant impact on it. Hence the admonition against staring at it.

[SC_Pete]

Either that or require that everyone owns a Chevy Volt.

[outofsalt]

Current sunspot number is 95 and on the low side for solar max. Good graphic you put up. Linky?

[C210N]

Linky?

Linky!

FYI, at least if you are in Firefox (but similar probably in other browsers), right-click on the image and "Save Image Location" gives you the link to do anything you want from the paste buffer.

[C210N]

There are two standards for the daily sunspot number, and 95 is the one that results in higher numbers (Boulder number). This chart is based on the International (Wolf), lower-value resulting standard. It’s about a 25% difference.

[Texas Fossil]

An Obot must have told you that. hee hee hee

[Texas Fossil]

I am convinced by long term observation that the length of the cycle itself is not predictable. You hear numbers kicked around from 11-17 years. There are just too many variables to make it predictable.

Now, it is clear it affects out weather. And it affects radio propagation too.