{"id":3023,"date":"2022-04-06T09:02:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2022-04-06T09:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:02:47","slug":"solar-cycle-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/06\/solar-cycle-update\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLAR CYCLE UPDATE&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New sunspot counts from NOAA confirm that Solar Cycle 25 is racing ahead of the official forecast&#8211;and the gap is growing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/images2022\/05apr22\/sunspotcycle_strip.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/images2022\/11jan22\/sunspotcounts.png\">See the complete labeled plot<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/solar-cycle-progression\">play with an interactive version<\/a>\u00a0from NOAA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunspot counts have now exceeded predictions for 18 straight months. The monthly value at the end of March was more than twice the forecast, and the highest in nearly 7 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/news\/solar-cycle-25-forecast-update?fbclid=IwAR0II6o75ehEkIfRW-QP4F4w1ljXx89KsQrKdhEGeJvnIm6GviIFiEjdH34\">official forecast<\/a>&#8221; comes from the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel, a group of scientists representing NOAA, NASA and International Space Environmental Services (ISES). The Panel predicted that Solar Cycle 25 would peak in July 2025 as a relatively weak cycle, similar in magnitude to its predecessor Solar Cycle 24. Instead, Solar Cycle 25 is shaping up to be stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2022, the sun produced 146 solar flares, including one X-flare and 13 M-flares. Auroras were sighted as far south as Colorado (+38N) and Nebraska (+42N). Multiple shortwave radio blackouts disrupted communications on ships at sea and airplanes flying over the poles. If current trends continue, April will be even busier. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New sunspot counts from NOAA confirm that Solar Cycle 25 is racing ahead of the official forecast&#8211;and the gap is growing: See the complete labeled plot\u00a0or\u00a0play with an interactive version\u00a0from NOAA Sunspot counts have now exceeded predictions for 18 straight <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/06\/solar-cycle-update\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read more\u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3024,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023\/revisions\/3024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}