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21 Aug 08 – “Solar Cycle 24 just can’t seem to get
rolling. IPS announced today (IPS is the Australian Space Weather
Agency), that it has changed its forecast for Solar Cycle 24, pushing
it’s start into the future by six months. They write:
“Due to the proximity of the IPS predicted rise of solar
cycle 24
to observed solar cycle 23 solar minimum values, and the apparent lack
of new Cycle 24 sunspots, IPS has again moved the predicted solar cycle
away by 6 months.
“The
first cycle 24 spot was seen on January 4th, 2008”
As you probably already know, I fear that we're headed
into the next Little Ice Age, with very few sunspots for
years. But I certainly hope that the Australian Space
Agency is right about this.
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/australian-space-weather-agency-pushes-sol
ar-cycle-24-up-6-months/
Thanks to Harrie Septer Jr for this link |