October 2011 News

Three regions counted today with the overall area falling. Region 1333 failing to pass the 24 hour rule and is not counted today or yesterday. Region 1324 making a comeback today but still subject to the 24 hour rule.

Three regions counted today with the overall area falling slightly with new region 1333 but darkness increasing. 1330 now beginning to decline in area. Darkness levels of 1330 and 1333 continuing to show no decline in magnetic strength of individual spots.

Two regions counted today with the overall area dropping off in conjunction with the F10.7 flux values. 1330 continuing to show strong growth.

Four regions counted today with region 1331 failing the 24 hour rule as expected. Overall area rising a small amount mainly driven by 1330 as the other regions wither. 1324 has almost disappeared. The Australian BOM ENSO report available today.

Five regions counted today although region 1331 will most likely fail the 24 hour rule. Overall area remaining the same.  1330  growing substantially again but other regions on the decline. There is a feeling that the activity levels could be dropping with the F10.7 flux levels starting to drop quickly.

Four regions counted today with a small increase in overall area. All regions except 1330 reducing but 1330 growing substantially. The La Nina seems to be building?

Four regions counted today with a decrease in overall area. F10.7 flux levels showing some strength. Stereo B is not looking super strong right now.

Seven regions counted today with a decrease in overall area. Another new area today but 1329 not passing the 24 hour rule and is not counted in total.

Seven regions counted today with a small rise in overall area, the solar position has certainly changed in the last 2 months. 2 new regions today along with some new specks. 1316 has now fallen below the threshold. F10.7 flux values are currently offline.

Six regions counted today with a small reduction in overall area, region 1321 not making the grade but replaced by new region 1325. The areas showing previoulsy in the north on Stereo B now showing their strength.

Six regions counted today with another reduction in overall area, region 1324 being the exception today showing significant growth. Regions 1324/1319 are around 10 degrees from the solar equator, at this time of the year we are looking down slightly on the solar north pole.

Six regions counted today with a modest reduction in overall area, 1318 that re-emerged yesterday has failed the 24 hour rule and is not counted today or yesterday. Two new regions making the grade which appear at this stage to be of lower strength. The NCEP is forecasting a very deep late La NIna which if correct will add weight to the expected massive northern hemisphere winter.

Seven regions counted today with a slight increase in overall area, 1319 growing into a large area that is providing most of the boost to area and F10.7 flux. A new region in the north today that may not pass the 24 hour rule.

Six regions counted today with a slight increase in overall area. 1313 disappearing but a new short lived region 1322 appearing. There seems to be a lull in proceedings?

Six regions counted today with a decrease in overall area. Region 1318 not making the grade today. Some more activity in the north around the corner going by Stereo B.

Seven regions counted today with another increase in overall area. More scientific evidence is coming to hand that solar EUV is connected to changes in climate on WUWT today.

Eight regions counted today which could be considered reasonable activity although the majority of sunspot groups are not seen as strong with a mainly unipolar structure. F10.7 flux values are also low for this level of activity along with low levels of EUV recorded. The big question is whether we are experiencing something like a level of activity seen during cycle max or are we part way through the ramp up?

A modest increase in activity today with 3 new areas and 1 area (1315) falling below the threshold. In other news the Australian BOM reports on a strengthening La Nina with a substantial increase in cooler than normal sub surface temperatures. If the area over New Guinea warms some more the La Nina is bound to gain more strength.

Overall area increasing again today but the counted regions reducing to 5 with 1311 falling below the threshold. There are numerous other speck areas that will be counted by others today. The darkness levels over the past few days has been strong which is expected as we come nearer to cycle max.

Overall area increasing slightly today. 1313 has turned the tables and developed more spots but decreased in area. A new area has formed next to 1312 that is subject to the 24 hour rule. F10.7 flux remaining stable even with the appearance of large unipolar group 1314. 1314 has a large associated plage area which is most likely a remnant of a past region.

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