The next little ice age Vol. 54

57 days without sunspots and increasing.

October 9-2017

Good morning, afternoon, night depending on where the reader is.

We start with the sunspots as always.
After a month of September with much activity in terms of sunspots. We started counting days without sunspots again and are already 57 days so far in 2017. The models offered forecasts of between 51-53 days without sunspots this year. We have to wait until the end of the year to know how far we have departed from the forecasts of the models.

Michelson Doppler Camera (MDI) soho/nasa.

In addition to having the names of groups of sunspots we have in the lower right both the size of the Earth and the size of Jupiter. So we can get an idea of the enormous size of the groups of sunspots.

Image Source soho nasa.

Current image of the Sun in 284 Å taken with the Extreme UV Imaging Telescope (EIT)

Image Source SIDC and SOHO / NASA

The sunspots, or rather the absence of them indicates in which part of the solar cycle of 11 years in which we are.

Image Source windows2universe.com
According to some theories, the Earth's climate is greatly affected by this cycle. More heat during the solar maximum, colder during the solar minimum.
There is much more to tell but this is roughly what I have been trying to explain with the presentation of some scientific studies on this subject.
For more information, read my previous articles.

As for coronal holes we can see in the northern hemisphere of the Sun that coronal hole that will cause at least G1 geomagnetic storm on day 11. The coronal holes look black in this wavelength due to their lower temperature compared to the other zones of the solar corona.

Image Source sdo nasa.

The magnetosphere as always withstanding the current conditions without problems.

Image Source ccmc nasa

Summary

Current conditions of space weather are calm. The noaa gives a 65% probability of storm G1 for day 11, day that is expected the arrival of the fast solar wind coming from the coronal hole. But at the moment the solar wind is at 388km / sec according to the noaa and the proton density is 3.5 protons per cubic centimeter according to the NASA Modeling Center.

Image Source noaa

Image Source ccmc nasa

Arctic ice

Image Source meereisportal.de

The ice accumulated in the Arctic platform has increased 340,000km square in the last two days.Fantastic!!

In the previous post I wrote two days ago the growth of ice was 30,000 square km per day. The growth rate has increased to 170,000 square km per day.

Al Gore is promoting a new documentary. Will he come to warn of the dangers of a solar minimum?..