Getting tired of this record cold?
Fall-like Conditions Frustrate Beleaguered Business Owners...
'I am cursing Mother Nature'...
FREAK COLD TEMPS HIT NORTHEAST...
Maybe we can get ol' Sol to wake up just in time for his forecast mid-May Solar Maximum and share the warmth just a bit.
It sure is cool without him.
Solar Activity Surges As Multiple X-Class Flares Are Reported
May 13, 2013
Leading up to 2013 many solar researches forecast that activity on the sun would be heating up as it transitioned into its solar maximum cycle, something that occurs about every 11 years.
New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which monitors solar activity in conjunction with other agencies and space projects, indicates that this wave of powerful solar storms may be starting.
OTOH,
Is this the projected peak and it/s only downhill from here?
Solar Cycle Prediction
(Updated 2013/04/01)
(Notice how low the activity currently is, even as we reach towards the predicted top in May 2013.)
See:
Repeat of The Maunder Minimum?
Edited by Rogerdodger, 26 May 2013 - 09:15 AM.