Weather Eye: Received this from a friend in Wales. Something big is happening with the sun---- its magnetic field is reversing. Like the Earth, the sun has a magnetic field with north...

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Received this from a friend in Wales.

Something big is happening with the sun---- its magnetic field is reversing. Like the Earth, the sun has a magnetic field with north and south pole, but these poles are rapidly weakening and are expected to disappear altogether by the end of the year before they re-emerge but with the opposite polarity.

These magnetic flips happen as the sun’s inner magnetic dynamo reorganises itself towards the peak of each 11-year solar cycle, best known for the rise and fall in the numbers of sunspots on the surface of the sun. The current solar cycle is now growing very active, stronger than forecasters had expected and reaching levels not seen in 20 years. It is expected to reach a peak within a year and could unleash flare-ups that threaten satellites and electric power grids, as well as more frequent, intense and wide-spread auroras. The reversal of the sun’s magnetic field will also ripple throughout the solar system, as the sun has a magnetic influence that reaches out for billions of miles into space, out to the edge of the solar system at the frontier with interstellar space.

So, does the flip of the sun’s magnetic poles affect the Earth? The sun spews out a stream of charged particles through space that can sometimes generate auroras on earth. The sun is also surrounded by a wavy ring of electricity that reaches out to the edge of the solar system and during a magnetic field reversal the solar wind pulls and stretches this ring of electricity and makes it extra wavy and highly tilted.

If the Earth passes from one side of a wave to the other side it can set off intense geomagnetic storms and auroras in the upper atmosphere.

As for the Earth’s own magnetic field, our north and south magnetic poles can flip over. However, this only happens once every several hundreds of thousands of years. But if one of these reversals were to occur now it may set off untold chaos in the modern world, with likely disruptions to navigation systems and much more, although the full impact is highly uncertain.

Paul Simons

The Times,

21st October 2023

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

Plays havoc with vhf & uhf radio signals. Amateur radio operators will notice this when their signals reach considerably longer distances on occasion. Used to do that back the days of cb radios as well. Back in he 70's, once talked to a cb'er in Alaska while I was in Austin, Tx. Any of you back in the day of cb"s will remember this.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

whatdat wrote:

Plays havoc with vhf & uhf radio signals. Amateur radio operators will notice this when their signals reach considerably longer distances on occasion. Used to do that back the days of cb radios as well. Back in he 70's, once talked to a cb'er in Alaska while I was in Austin, Tx. Any of you back in the day of cb"s will remember this.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

So will i need to buy a new compass or can i simply hold my old one upside down?

MosheR Loc: New York City

bcheary wrote:

Received this from a friend in Wales.

Something big is happening with the sun---- its magnetic field is reversing. Like the Earth, the sun has a magnetic field with north and south pole, but these poles are rapidly weakening and are expected to disappear altogether by the end of the year before they re-emerge but with the opposite polarity.

These magnetic flips happen as the sun’s inner magnetic dynamo reorganises itself towards the peak of each 11-year solar cycle, best known for the rise and fall in the numbers of sunspots on the surface of the sun. The current solar cycle is now growing very active, stronger than forecasters had expected and reaching levels not seen in 20 years. It is expected to reach a peak within a year and could unleash flare-ups that threaten satellites and electric power grids, as well as more frequent, intense and wide-spread auroras. The reversal of the sun’s magnetic field will also ripple throughout the solar system, as the sun has a magnetic influence that reaches out for billions of miles into space, out to the edge of the solar system at the frontier with interstellar space.

So, does the flip of the sun’s magnetic poles affect the Earth? The sun spews out a stream of charged particles through space that can sometimes generate auroras on earth. The sun is also surrounded by a wavy ring of electricity that reaches out to the edge of the solar system and during a magnetic field reversal the solar wind pulls and stretches this ring of electricity and makes it extra wavy and highly tilted.

If the Earth passes from one side of a wave to the other side it can set off intense geomagnetic storms and auroras in the upper atmosphere.

As for the Earth’s own magnetic field, our north and south magnetic poles can flip over. However, this only happens once every several hundreds of thousands of years. But if one of these reversals were to occur now it may set off untold chaos in the modern world, with likely disruptions to navigation systems and much more, although the full impact is highly uncertain.

Paul Simons

The Times,

21st October 2023

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Uh. Oh.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bcheary wrote:

Received this from a friend in Wales.

Something big is happening with the sun---- its magnetic field is reversing. Like the Earth, the sun has a magnetic field with north and south pole, but these poles are rapidly weakening and are expected to disappear altogether by the end of the year before they re-emerge but with the opposite polarity.

These magnetic flips happen as the sun’s inner magnetic dynamo reorganises itself towards the peak of each 11-year solar cycle, best known for the rise and fall in the numbers of sunspots on the surface of the sun. The current solar cycle is now growing very active, stronger than forecasters had expected and reaching levels not seen in 20 years. It is expected to reach a peak within a year and could unleash flare-ups that threaten satellites and electric power grids, as well as more frequent, intense and wide-spread auroras. The reversal of the sun’s magnetic field will also ripple throughout the solar system, as the sun has a magnetic influence that reaches out for billions of miles into space, out to the edge of the solar system at the frontier with interstellar space.

So, does the flip of the sun’s magnetic poles affect the Earth? The sun spews out a stream of charged particles through space that can sometimes generate auroras on earth. The sun is also surrounded by a wavy ring of electricity that reaches out to the edge of the solar system and during a magnetic field reversal the solar wind pulls and stretches this ring of electricity and makes it extra wavy and highly tilted.

If the Earth passes from one side of a wave to the other side it can set off intense geomagnetic storms and auroras in the upper atmosphere.

As for the Earth’s own magnetic field, our north and south magnetic poles can flip over. However, this only happens once every several hundreds of thousands of years. But if one of these reversals were to occur now it may set off untold chaos in the modern world, with likely disruptions to navigation systems and much more, although the full impact is highly uncertain.

Paul Simons

The Times,

21st October 2023

Received this from a friend in Wales. br br Somet... (show quote)

If only we could control the sun.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

jerryc41 wrote:

If only we could control the sun.

I thought with daylight saving time we were controlling the sun…

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

bikinkawboy wrote:

So will i need to buy a new compass or can i simply hold my old one upside down?

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

MosheR wrote:

Uh. Oh.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

jerryc41 wrote:

If only we could control the sun.

Old Coot

whatdat wrote:

Plays havoc with vhf & uhf radio signals. Amateur radio operators will notice this when their signals reach considerably longer distances on occasion. Used to do that back the days of cb radios as well. Back in he 70's, once talked to a cb'er in Alaska while I was in Austin, Tx. Any of you back in the day of cb"s will remember this.

Cause of Global Warming ??