Posted on 02/13/2008 7:53:28 AM PST by Rurudyne
Sun's low magnetic activity may portend an ice age
The Canadian Space Agency’s radio telescope has been reporting Flux Density Values so low they will mean a mini ice age if they continue.
Like the number of sunspots, the Flux Density Values reflect the Sun’s magnetic activity, which affects the rate at which the Sun radiates energy and warmth. CSA project director Ken Tapping calls the radio telescope that supplies NASA and the rest of the world with daily values of the Sun’s magnetic activity a “stethoscope on the Sun”. In this case, however, it is the “doctor” whose health is directly affected by the readings.
This is because when the magnetic activity is low, the Sun is dimmer, and puts out less radiant warmth. If the Sun goes into dim mode, as it has in the past, the Earth gets much colder.
Tapping, who was originally from Kent, says that “Typically as you go through the ten or eleven year solar activity cycle you see the numbers go up or down. The lowest number is 64 or 68. The numbers 71 or 72 are very low, but they usually start to go up. We are at the end of a cycle, but the numbers still haven’t gone up. We have been joking around coffee that we may be seeing the Sun about to shut down.” (To date Tapping has been far more concerned about global warming.)
Here is the link to the latest flux report: http://www.drao-ofr.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/icarus/www/current_flux.shtml
(Excerpt) Read more at britsattheirbest.com ...
February 14th update
Flux Density Values in sfu for 18:00 on 2008:02:14
Julian Day Number : 2454511.239
Carrington Rotation Number : 2066.751
Observed Flux Density : 0070.1
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0068.3
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0061.5
An archive of all readings can be found on their FTP site. They do three readings per day.
ftp://lynx.drao.nrc.ca/pub/solar/FLUX_DATA/fluxtablerolling.text
Thanks!
I possibly spoke too soon.
The link doesn’t seem to the working.
Try this link, then click on the “Tabulated Flux Values from December 2006 to Present.” That should link you to the archived data.
http://www.drao-ofr.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/icarus/www/daily.html
Village in western Kamchatka stranded by heavy blizzard
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, February 14 (Itar-Tass) - The village of Oktyabrsky with a population of 3,000 in the western coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula was stranded from the outside world by a heavy blizzard. The traffic to the village was closed for all types of transport, Itar-Tass learnt from a man on duty at the Kamchatavtodor Company.
“There is zero visibility” on the highway, linking the village with the district centre of Ust-Bolsheretsk and the rest of the Kamchatka Territory, the source said. Wind gusts reach 30-35 metres per second. Similar weather conditions were registered in the Sea of Okhotsk, bordering Kamchatka, as well as in the southern tip of the peninsula.
The situation may deteriorate there over the next few hours, warned the Kamchatka weather centre. Wind gusts may reach a gale force of 40-45 metres per second. All appropriate services received warnings of stormy weather.
The south of Kamchatka is battered by a cyclone which approached from the Pacific. Gradual weather improvement is expected in the morning of February 15.
“In the short term the North Koreans may rush south for food.”
How is starvation any change for NK? The NK army would never let them leave ... though they might start a BBQ if things get bad enough.
BTW ... I said it before and I’ll say it again, it was the little ice age that helped to spawn all this socialist crappola so I’m pessimistic that it will get any better if things get cold again. I would predict calls for enhanced UN power to deal with uprooted people all paid for with direct taxes in the vein of the Law of the Sea fiasco.
Any reference to Kamchatka brings back memories of sending massive armies from Alaska in preparation of sweeping down on into China, usually in a pincer move from the Middle East.
Playing Risk with old friends. Good times! ^.^
PS: I hope those poor people get some relief soon.
I appreciate being included on your ping list.
Just great. I want my global warming!
ME TOO!
Oh I am sure the Globalist Socialists will be singing their usual songs, but as we saw in Iraq, as soon as the bullets start flying, the UN Central Planners go running for cover. This will probably be about Russian Fascist Nationalism and Chinese Basic Survival. Socialism will probably take a back seat.
Great thread. Thanks.
bump^
thanks for the ping
I feel like I’m back in 6th grade in the 1970’s. That’s what we were being told then. And they were also serious at that time..
The more things change the more they remain the same.
Someone started a new thread about this article: http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/where-have-all-the-sunspots-gone/
The thread is here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971200/posts?page=63#63
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