<DIV style="font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;">TNX, interesting.<BR><BR>Pete<BR>replyto: peter.sauermilch@ieee.org<BR>(281) 980 - 3733 (home)<BR>(713) 376 - 7277 (mobile)<BR>(832) 615 - 0882 (fax)<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR>--- rhiller@sdicgm.com wrote:<BR><BR>From: "Rick Hiller" <rhiller@sdicgm.com><BR>To: "'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB'" <bvarc@bvarc.org><BR>Subject: [BVARC] 2009 Sun Spots and 2010 Prediction<BR>Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:38:25 -0600<BR><BR>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Compliments of <A href="http://www.Spaceweather.com">www.Spaceweather.com</A> ...... de Rick – W5RH</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">SUNSPOT SURGE:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">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:</SPAN></DIV>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><A href="http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2009/30dec09/plot.jpg?PHPSESSID=9atkml5ochnii1qirmae30ocg3"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #0066cc; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG height="289" alt="http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2009/30dec09/plot_strip.gif" src="cid:20091230072801.9A488FAE@resin13.mta.everyone.net" width="368" border="0"></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">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: 14pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">If the past two years have taught us anything, however, it is that the sun can be tricky and unpredictable. Stay tuned for surprises.</SPAN></DIV>
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