1) Magnetic Polarity Data: http://wso.stanford.edu/Polar.html -- it has stopped updating since 11/23/2013.
2) Jupiter opposes the sun now, and Venus conjoins Mercury on January 8th. Anyone see that coronal hole coming in now?
3) There are some things you cannot un-see. If indeed the IMF and coronal holes are quake factors as I suggested for 2 years, then the underlying magnetics of the sun MUST be relevant to seismicity. I THOUGHT I was going to find an answer to the baffling quake droughts! ...I'm still in shock at how perfectly this matches.
4) Today's news will appear on the website only, in a few hrs, going back to sleep. Be safe everyone.
Solar wind
speed: 362.0 km/sec
density: 8.9 protons/cm3
X-ray Solar Flares
24-hr: X1 1832 UT Jan07
Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force.
UPDATED 2014 Jan 08 0030 UTC
.24 hr Summary...
Solar activity was at high levels for the past 24 hours. The largest
solar event of the period was an X1/2n flare from Region 1944 (S09W03,
Fkc/beta-gamma-delta) at 07/1832 UTC. This event was associated with a
Type II radio burst (estimated velocity of 1064 km/s) and an 8,300 sfu
Tenflare. LASCO chronograph imagery was minimal at the time of this
report, however, SWPC forecasters are predicting preliminary geomagnetic
storming levels in the NOAA Scale G2 - Moderate range based on a visible
coronal mass ejection. Analysis is ongoing to further refine these
results as additional satellite imagery becomes available. Region 1944
was also responsible for an M7/2b flare at 07/1013 UTC. This flare had
an associated Tenflare (Castelli-U) radio burst with a peak flux of 409
sfu. Region 1944 continued to be the largest and most magnetically
complex region on the disk. It displayed signs of slight growth in its
leader spot group. Region 1946 (N09W07, Dac/beta-gamma) produced an
M1/1n flare at 07/0353 UTC. The other five numbered sunspot regions
where stable or in decay. No additional CMEs were detected in imagery
during the period.
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