I think the CME from the C-3 flare I talked about earlier has come and gone. I did see the solar wind density spike, although the speed rose only mildly....
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 5, 2004 5:16 am
Just about anytime now, the Earth should be coming into a high-speed solar wind stream coming from a coronal hole. At this moment, the solar wind speed is...
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mike@...
pawnfart
May 5, 2004 3:06 pm
Looks like another banner fire season for California and the west. The fire season normally doesn't start for 4 more weeks but we decided to start it early...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 7, 2004 5:31 am
** Aurora Watch In Effect ** The Earth is inside of a coronal hole solar wind stream, albeit a somewhat weak one. The solar wind speed has increased to over...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 7, 2004 9:28 pm
... This part confuses me, Mike. Can you describe the mechanism by which electrons cause cloud amplification? I'm familiar with the theory that says cosmic...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 7, 2004 9:32 pm
And by the way, when I first came to this club, I was very, very sceptical of the whole idea of an electrical influence on climate. I must admit, however,...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 10, 2004 5:31 am
The Earth is exiting a coronal hole solar wind stream, and the solar wind speed has dropped down to the 400 km/sec range. With no substantial coronal holes in...
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mike@...
pawnfart
May 12, 2004 11:30 pm
over US as seen on http://www.lightningstorm.com ....
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 13, 2004 12:19 am
... Wow! The eastern third of the US is being hit pretty good, isn't it? I'm not complaining. We need the rain. I remember well last summer when I rented a...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 13, 2004 4:57 am
All is still quiet tonight, although things could be getting a bit more interesting soon. There is a small coronal hole that has rotated into an Earth...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 15, 2004 5:33 am
Sunspot region was practically invisible a couple of days ago. Now, it is naked-eye visible, and spans several Earth diameters end-to-end. A new sunspot...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 18, 2004 1:49 am
RELEASE: 04-158 NASA PLANS TO PUT AN AURA AROUND THE EARTH On June 19, NASA will launch Aura, a next generation Earth-observing satellite. Aura will supply the...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 18, 2004 1:53 am
(CNN) -- U.S. hurricane forecasters Monday predicted a busy 2004 Atlantic hurricane season based on a trend of above-normal activity during seven of the last...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 18, 2004 6:20 am
There are six numbered sunspot regions visible tonight, which is the most that there has been in pretty long while. One of them, region 609, looks like it...
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mike@...
pawnfart
May 18, 2004 7:20 am
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1845900 NPR's Janet Babin reports on the recent decision by the Ohio school board to approve a new high school...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 21, 2004 3:16 am
** Aurora Watch In Effect ** The Earth is inside of a high-speed solar wind stream coming from a coronal hole. Even though the solar wind speed isn't that...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 23, 2004 5:06 am
** Aurora Watch In Effect ** The solar wind speed continues to be elevated in the 500 km/sec range, and there is at least an outside chance of aurora in the...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 23, 2004 5:13 am
I've added a new field, that being the background X-ray flux as measured by the GOES 8 satellite. It's reported using the same scale that is used for...
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kirkmcloren
May 24, 2004 12:36 am
The mistake you must not make is to assume that nuclear power is ... Actually that is a major problem. If we could rely on them doing the right thing when...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 26, 2004 5:41 am
The effects of the recent round of high solar wind speed have tapered off, and all is quiet for the time being. There are three sunspot regions visible. One...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 26, 2004 8:10 pm
I think you covered this in another post, Mike, but I don't remember which one. What are your "official"; predictions for the upcoming hurricane season? How...
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Steve Dodd
anarchetic424
May 27, 2004 10:06 am
I'm currently re-reading Greg Bear's science-fiction novel "Legacy", and I'm realising how relevant it is to the Gaia hypothesis. There's also a wonderful...
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XK SAZ
swezlex2
May 28, 2004 9:36 pm
I just finished reading Legacy too. That storm description was one of the best parts of the book. :) Too bad about chlorophyll. Did you read his Blood Music...
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XK SAZ
swezlex1
May 29, 2004 1:34 am
My mother died of cancer, pretty young 51 yrs old. She was a doctor too. An x-ray machine didn't occur to me until you mentioned it. Too bad radiation is...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 29, 2004 6:06 am
There is but a single sunspot region visible on the solar disk tonight, that being sunspot region 618. It is, however, a big one, and has the potential for...
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David
b1blancer_29501
May 31, 2004 5:47 am
** Aurora Watch In Effect ** The Earth is beginning to move inside of a high speed solar wind stream coming from a coronal hole that has rotated into an ...
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David
b1blancer_29501
Jun 2, 2004 4:54 am
** Aurora Watch In Effect ** The Earth has moved inside of a high-speed solar wind stream coming from a coronal hole, and the solar wind speed has topped 500...
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mike@...
pawnfart
Jun 3, 2004 6:08 am
mostly in Tx and Ok. http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IDDS-cgi/listImages? a=0,m=8,f=1,c=9,o=0,s=0,n=6,d=1,v=400,p=0 Just after a rising SOI and with as we see the...
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mike@...
pawnfart
Jun 3, 2004 4:30 pm
... http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html Very early invest for CV area....
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David
b1blancer_29501
Jun 5, 2004 5:34 am
The solar wind speed is slowing down since the most recent coronal hole encounter, and things are getting quite, well, boring. The is but a lone sunspot...
