[NZ4O Spaceweather] Huge Cycle 24 Sunspot Group Forms

[Tim Holmes]

LOL - nice april fools joke -- u almost had me going for a second there

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM, <nz4o at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> A huge solar cycle 24 sunspot group has formed near E30N80 in the northern
> hemisphere of the Sun. It has pushed the solar flux index up from 71 to 155
> and 6 meters is open globally via F2 layer propagation.
>
> With a complex beta-gamma-delta magnetic configuration sunspot group #10115
> has the potential to release a huge X class solar flare with attendant HF
> radio black outs, polar cap absorption and a geomagnetic storm reaching a Kp
> of 9, extreme geomagnetic storming.
>
> You can see the sunspot group at
> http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mdi_mag/512
>
> 73 & GUD DX,
> Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
> Lakeland, FL, USA
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Tim Holmes
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