THE NEXT ICE AGE - NOW!

6 Jul 09 – Timo Niroma, a physicist from Finland, publishes a Solar Report each month. He has given his permission to use it and distribute it to all. (Excerpts from an article on examiner.com.)              

"JUNE BREAKING NEWS: THE CYCLE GOES AT THE MOMENT BELOW DALTON LEVEL"

"From July 2008 to June 2009 the sunspot number has varied from 0.5 (July and
Aug) to 4.1 (Nov). Dec and March were also very quiet (0.8 and 0.7).

"It is interesting to note that during the previous cycle change 22/23 in 1996 there were only two months with SSN below 3….During the on-going minimum there has been already 17 months below 3, 3 in 2007, 8 in 2008 and all 6 thus far in 2009 (i.e. all 2009 numbers up (until) today)."

          1. Livingston-Penn observations that the magnetic strength of the sunspots
              irrespective of their amount has linearly declined since at least 1990 leading
             the spots vanishing in 2014 or 2015 if the trend continues.

          2. A 50-year low in solar wind pressure: Measurements by the Ulysses
              spacecraft reveal a 20% drop in solar wind pressure since the mid-1990's.

          3. A 12 year low in solar irradiance: the sun's brightness has dropped a
              whopping 6% at extreme UV wavelengths since the solar minimum of 1996.

          4. A 55-year low in solar radio wavelengths. The lessening of radio emissions
              seems to be an indication of weakness in the sun's global magnetic field.

         5. The all-time low (since Maunder minimum) of Gleissberg cycle in 2005
             (72 years).

          6. Ap Index very low.

          7. TSI (Total Solar Irradiance) at its lowest since satellite observations began
              in 1979 (1365 Watts)".

"Autocorrelation of the sunspots since 1760 gives the highest correlation as 210
years. The Dalton minimum began in 1798".

"The yearly sunspot numbers of 1795-1798 were 21, 16, 6.4 and 4.1, the
corresponding values for 2005-2008 were 30, 15, 7.6 and 2.8. The first full
Dalton year or 1799, had a SSN value of 6.8. The SSN of the first 6 months of
2009 is 1.7".