Cycle 24, letting us know it's here!

topic posted Sat, October 7, 2006 - 1:06 PM by  Unsubscribed
Solar activity is beginning to spark up a bit. Sunspot region 913 kicked up a low level CME (coronal mass ejection) setting off a moderate geomagnetic storm. Interesting to note it is only three weeks into the new cycle and already see solar activity one would see at the end of the first year.

NASA scientist Dr. Mausumi Dikpati, predicted Cycle 24 will be 50% stronger than its predecessor. The current solar cycle will begin to ramp-up in 2007 hitting its "apex" (maximum) in 2011/2012. Hmmm, just at the time the Mayan Calendar ends---



Sunspot region 903: sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/r...84/512/

Geomagnetic Storm (Kp Index): www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html


Solar Equation: Sunspots => Solar Flares => Magnetic Field Shift => Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream Currents => Extreme Weather and Human Disruption,

---- information shared by Mitch Battros
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