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NOAA / Space Weather Prediction Center

Space Weather Advisories Advisory Bulletins

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA

Space Weather Advisory Bulletins are issued when conditions occur that are thought to be of interest to the public.

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SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY BULLETIN #08 - 1
2008 January 04 at 06:05 p.m. MST (2008 January 05 0105 UTC)

**** FIRST SOLAR CYCLE 24 POLARITY SUNSPOT OBSERVED ****

The first sunspot region with Solar Cycle 24 polarity was numbered by the Space Weather Prediction Center on January 4 at 2000 UTC (3:00 P.M. EST). The sunspot region was officially numbered as 10981. This does not mean the new cycle has officially started; however, this is a clear sign Solar Cycle 24 is within sight. Sunspots are tracked because they indicate the level of space weather activity we expect. Solar activity is forecast to reach a peak in 2011 or 2012.

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[bd476]

A different kind of "Weather Alert" Ping.

[Brad from Tennessee]

TOP RUSSIAN SCIENTIST: GLOBAL COOLING COMING

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/01/top_russian_scientistglobal_co.html

[xcamel]

Latest SOHO:

[steveo]

As soon as we made our way to Palos Verdes we found the Leader of the Sundancers down in the barrancas. We had not seen activity like this since the upswing of cycle 20! It was like old times . . . if you were an Old Timer! We heard the thunder of Big DX, the bass bongo that had gotten them in trouble with the tower at LAX in 1978 . . . when Big DX was confused with sonic booms! The Leader made his way over to us, did a pirouette and stopped for a few seconds. "We've got it", he shouted above the rattle of the tenor bongos and the clicking of heels of the Sundancers. "The sunspots are returning.

We made our way back home, and we knew that DX was safe. The Palos Verdes Sundancers were hard at work. The sunspots were returning. We had completely forgotten about the Hand Wringer who had started all this in the first place. The Great Days of DXing were just around the corner and Heard Island was coming up within a month! Don't listen to Hand Wringers with too much spare time. They think too much. Listen to the Hero of Mafeking! Be prepared! The signs are everywhere. There will be DX for all, although for some more than others. DX IS!

Indeed have faith, good DX will come to the deserving. DX IS...

[Cobra64]

Bush’s fault.

[Viking2002]

[SARCASM THROTTLE RED-LINED]

AAUUGGHHHH! GLOBAL WARMING! CARBON CREDITS!!! GENOCIDE IN RWANDA!!!! DROWNING POLAR BEARS!!!! SUNSPOTS!!!! PACK YOUR BAGS AND GATHER YOUR FAGS, LET'S PROTEST ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WITH RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!!!!!! IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE DOOMED!!!

[/SARCASM THROTTLE AT STATION KEEPING]

[humblegunner]

What is a cellphn?

I can't find it in any dictionary.

[eyedigress]

We would blame all radio and TV reception problems on Sunspots in the 90's. Of course we were responsible for the real time functionality of it. :^)

Fascinating stuff BTW

[Blue_Spark]

I have been predicting the appearance of a high latitude spot this winter. The solar flux minimum was late Sept.-early Oct. Data since then suggested to me that we were on the leading edge of Cycle 24. SSN981 just confirms it. First 6M F2 up here Spring/Fall 2011 is my best guess. GL es CUL

[steelyourfaith]

"Hot Air Cult"

~~Anthropogenic Global Warming ™ ping~~

[VxH]

Global Warming? 

Yep, lots of times:

 

Algore's Great-Great-Great-Great Uncle AzGore hoodwinks the sheeple by "Making the Sun Go Dark" during a solar eclipse.

[Nowhere Man]

Well, time to fire up the Bearcat 210 again and scan for DX in the 30 to 50 Megacycle band.

[RightWhale]

It’s only one sunspot and hardly at the level of knocking satellites out of orbit yet.

[bd476]

NOAA / Space Weather Prediction Center

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  Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3
  Serial Number: 1429
  Issue Time: 2008 Jan 06 1716 UTC
  
  ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu
  Threshold Reached: 2008 Jan 06 1710 UTC
  Station: GOES12
  Observed Yesterday: No
  
  NOAA / Space Weather Prediction Center