Guess I have been sleeping. Actually, I thought that the total cycle was one of the weakest in a number of years.
The actual disturnance is caused by the lack of a solar magnetic field instead of the sun spots directly. Have I miss read the fact that the field is tiny and reversing during this time? Dave -----Original Message----- From: ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jan 9, 2014 4:15 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Web Page David, Where have you been? we just had the largest set of Sunspots cross the Sun in 10 years. X-Class Flare a couple of days ago and 40-50% chance today. 3 or 4 M-Class flares in the last week and a bunch of proton radiation hit today and they delayed a launch. I think you have it ass backwards http://www.spaceweather.com On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 4:11 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: There is interesting evidence that cosmic ray induced clouds determine the earth's temperature to a significant degree. The recent weak sun spot activity allowed more rays than usual and hence the colder weather. Let's hope that they return to normal levels so that we do not all freeze and starve. Review the historical cold spell that occurred during the middle ages for additional support for this concept. Very few if any sun spots were recorded during that episode. Dave -----Original Message----- From: mixent <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jan 9, 2014 3:54 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Web Page In reply to a.ashfield's message of Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:26:01 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Jed wrote. > >"The extreme temperature in both hemispheres are caused by global warming. >Many people opposed to climatology fail to realize that." > >Jed, this is a figment of post normal science. There is absolutely no proof for what you say >and I have been following it for years. Even the UK Met Office (ever ready to knock back climate >alarmism) says: > >“Climate change happens on a global scale, and weather happens at a >local scale. Climate scientists have been saying that for quite a while. > >“It’s impossible to say that these storms are more intense because of >climate change.” > I think you will find that the extremes are occurring at the peak of the solar cycle, and that there is a long term trend (our influence) for those extremes to get worse with each cycle. Below -78.5 ºC, CO2 freezes out of the air. Perhaps next solar cycle (i.e. in about 10-13 years time)? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
