As the Sun Turns: Solar Minimums and Maximums

[Maria]

Look at those snow covered trees. They look like giants .. like people.

This picture was taken in Finland.

[Luke]

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[Maria]

Unexpectedly, sunspot 2529 has unleased a big M6.7 today at 5:29 PM PDT (0029 UT).

This was an impulsive sun flare with sudden onset and rapid decline typical of a magnetic crochet.

[Maria]

Huge beta-gamma region NOAA AR 2529 has a 25 percent chance of an M-Flare.

[Maria]

After a period of no sunspots during June and July of 2016 (16 days total), the silence has been broken with dynamic sunspot 2564 which produced an impulsive C8.6 flare at 00:59 UT today, June 10, 2016.

This in from Belgium in an email sent from http://www.sidc.be/products/meu

COMMENT: NOAA active region 2564 (Catania number 6) did produce two C-class
flares, the strongest being a C8.6 flare peaking at 0:59UT. The flare was
associated with a type II radio burst (observed at Learmonth) and a narrow
CME, travelling away from the Sun-Earth line. No Earth directed CMEs were
observed. More flaring at the C-level is expected from NOAA 2564.

[Maria]

Today, so far, we have had: 2 M class solar flares and two huge C class solar flares (bolded)

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar ... nt-reports

• # Prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center

  #
  #Event Begin Max End Obs Q Type Loc/Frq Particulars Reg#
  #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  4650 + 0019 0037 0041 G15 5 XRA 1-8A C3.7 3.5E-03 2567

  4660 + 0042 0046 0050 G15 5 XRA 1-8A M1.2 3.5E-03 2567

  4680 + 0134 0149 0204 G15 5 XRA 1-8A M1.0 1.2E-02 2567

  4720 + 0409 0413 0416 G15 5 XRA 1-8A C1.6 4.6E-04

  4800 0901 0908 0909 G15 5 XRA 1-8A B6.6 3.0E-04 2567

  4810 + 0940 0944 0948 G15 5 XRA 1-8A C1.0 3.1E-04 2567

  4840 + 1106 1119 1122 G15 5 XRA 1-8A C7.2 2.0E-03 2567

  4860 + 1247 1255 1303 G15 5 XRA 1-8A C9.1 5.0E-03 2567

  4880 + 1330 1334 1337 G15 5 XRA 1-8A C2.2 5.2E-04 2567

  4900 + 1412 1415 1419 G15 5 XRA 1-8A B6.0 1.7E-04

[Maria]

Today, just this evening, we had an M5.0 Class Solar flare at 0211 UT.

It was an impulsive explosion and shot up straight from a B5 to the M5 level in a matter of minutes. Then it quickly subsided. These types of impulsive explosions greatly heat the ionosphere and could trigger a temporary worsening of atmospheric storms on earth. It is also called a magnetic crochet.