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Quote:One of them's bound to blow eventually. NOAA forecasters say there is a 30% chance of M-class solar flares and a 5% chance of X-flares on Jan. 17th.

Quote:AR3590 is now the largest sunspot of Solar Cycle 25. For comparison, it is now 60% as large (by surface area) as the great sunspot that caused the Carrington Event in Sept. 1859.

https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=26&month=02&year=2024

Quote:THE POLAR VORTEX IS SPINNING BACKWARDS: Earlier this month, atmospheric scientists noticed something unusual in the Arctic stratosphere. The polar vortex was spinning backward.

"The vortex changed direction around March 4th," reports Dr. Amy Butler, author of NOAA's Polar Vortex Blog. "It was a substantial reversal, reaching -20.5 m/s a few days ago, which puts it in the top 6 strongest such events since 1979."

Two weeks later, it is still spinning backwards. What's going on?