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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Compliments of <a href="http://www.Spaceweather.com">www.Spaceweather.com</a>
...... de Rick – W5RH</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>SUNSPOT
SURGE:</span></strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>2009 is ending with a flurry of sunspots. Indeed, if sunspot
1039 holds together just one more day (prediction: it will), the month of December
will accumulate a total of 22 spotted days and the final tally for the year
will look like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2009/30dec09/plot.jpg?PHPSESSID=9atkml5ochnii1qirmae30ocg3"><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066CC;
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src="cid:image001.gif@01CA8917.93B18BE0"
alt="http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2009/30dec09/plot_strip.gif"></span></a><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The
dark line is a linear least-squares fit to the data. If the trend continues
exactly as shown (prediction: it won't), sunspots will become a non-stop daily
occurance no later than February 2011. Blank suns would cease and solar minimum
would be over.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>If
the past two years have taught us anything, however, it is that the sun can be
tricky and unpredictable. Stay tuned for surprises.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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