The sun continues to fall below predicted sun spot production, even as the predictions are repeatedly lowered:<\/p>\n
The sun continues to fall below predicted sun spot production, even as the predictions are repeatedly lowered: We don\u2019t need no solar maximum – Behind The Black Solar Cycle Progression and Prediction – NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-fz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14624,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14624","url_meta":{"origin":965,"position":0},"title":"Large sunspot erupts in a big flare and coronal mass ejection","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Spaceweather.com reports on a big solar flare today: After days of suspenseful quiet, huge sunspot AR2665 finally erupted on July 14th (0209 UT), producing a powerful and long-lasting\u00a0M2-class\u00a0solar flare. 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