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Minus 10 Enthusiast

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  • Location: Galway
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, frost hail, ice.
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21st December 2018:

Thermosphere climate index: 33.7 billion watts.

Kp index=0= quiet.

Solar wind 416.7km/sec

Solar wind density  2.8 protons/cm3

211 sunspotless days so far 2018 running at 59%

 

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Severe frosts, Heavy snowfall, Thunder and lightning, Stormy weather
  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
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Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 6 days

2018 total: 212 days (60%)

The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 71 sfu

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  • Location: Galway
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, frost hail, ice.
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December 22nd:

Thermosphere climate index: 33.4 billion watts.

Kp index=0=quiet.

Solar wind: 371.6km/sec

Solar wind speed density: 5.1 protons/cm3

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
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7 day's blank, 213 for 2018 60%

Solar flux 71

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
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8 day's blank, 214 for 2018, 60%

Solar flux 71

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  • Location: Galway
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, frost hail, ice.
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A northern coronal hole is moving towards the sun and will eject a solar wind stream towards earth arriving approx 27th/28th December. Auroras could be visible in the arctic circle after christmas.

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Severe frosts, Heavy snowfall, Thunder and lightning, Stormy weather
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Spaceweather.com and Solarham.net have not updated.

Here is the sunspot count from SILSO:

21 December : 0

22 December : 0

23 December : 0

24 December : 0

25 December : 0

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Severe frosts, Heavy snowfall, Thunder and lightning, Stormy weather
  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
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Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 9 days
2018 total: 215 days (60%)

The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 70 sfu

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
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Solarham.net  Solar Activity Report

The Sun Today : Updated December 26, 2018

Solar Terrestrial Data 26 December 0934 GMT

Solar Flare Index: 70 Sunspot Number 0

Current Sun spotless days: 10

2018 total: 216 days (60%)

 

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Severe frosts, Heavy snowfall, Thunder and lightning, Stormy weather
  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
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Sunspot number: 0
Updated 26 Dec 2018

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 10 days
2018 total: 216 days (60%)

The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 70 sfu

Thermosphere Climate Index
today: 3.34x1010 W Cold
Max: 49.4x1010 W Hot (10/1957)
Min: 2.05x1010 W Cold (02/2009)
Updated 25 Dec 2018

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
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11 days blank, 217 for 2018 60%

Solar flux 70

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  • Location: Galway
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, frost hail, ice.
  • Location: Galway
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Potential for arctic auroras tomorrow december 28th with G1 class magnetic storm.

CIR= co-rotating interaction region, two fields of plasma stream solar wind, one fast, one slow interacting.

CIR's contain plasma shocks and intense magnetic fields that often do a good job sparking arctic auroras.

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Severe frosts, Heavy snowfall, Thunder and lightning, Stormy weather
  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
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Sunspot number: 0

Updated 28 Dec 2018

Current Stretch: 12 days
2018 total: 218 days (60%)

The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 70 sfu

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  • Location: Galway
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, frost hail, ice.
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December 28th: 

Thermosphere climate index: 33.5 billion watts.

Solar flux Sfu 69

Kp index for 24 hour period=5=storm

Solar wind speed:  587.3km/sec

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
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13 day;s blank, 219 for 2018 61%

Solar flux 69

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Severe frosts, Heavy snowfall, Thunder and lightning, Stormy weather
  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
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Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 14 days
2018 total: 220 days (61%)

The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 69 sfu

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Severe frosts, Heavy snowfall, Thunder and lightning, Stormy weather
  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
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Polar stratospheric clouds inside the Arctic Circle in 2017. Photo credit: Mia Stålnacke of Kiruna, Sweden

 

psc inside the Arctic Circle in 2017. Photo credit Mia Stålnacke of Kiruna, Sweden.jpg

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  • Location: Galway
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, frost hail, ice.
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December 30th: 

Thermosphere climate index:  35.2 billion watts.

Kp index=3=quiet

Solar wind speed 587.2km/sec

Solar wind speed density 9.7 protons cm/3.

The thermosphere temps have risen approx 400 million watts in one week, from observation, estimating that solar wind speed has been above 500km/sec frequently and solar wind density has been reaching almost double figures, also kp index has risen to storm level, one has to assume that these contributing factors have heated the thermosphere a little. Still very cold due to low solar minimum count.

A few called for 220 sunspotless days for 2018, so kudos to those who did.

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Severe frosts, Heavy snowfall, Thunder and lightning, Stormy weather
  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
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Solarham.net

Sunspot count: 0

Solar flux Index: 69

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
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15 day's blank, 221 for 2018, 61%

Solar flux 69

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
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16 day's blank, 1 for 2019 100%

Solar flux 69

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