Worldwide Power Outages and High Wind Storms

The news is buzzing with one story after another related to power outages, snow storms and high wind storms. These events have been taking place for the last week around the world. Check the headlines and start comparing the states and the countries while you run a side by side check on the atmospheric disturbances from space in the same locations where storms have struck. It's fascinating.

Hazardous Weather: Week of 16 November 2009

70 mph coastal winds mark arrival of second storm. The Pacific coast is getting a double whammy.

The above chart shows the solar flare cycle for a time period from 1995 - 2006. Weather reports and news stories from this time period will show the effects on earth.

Compare that chart with this new chart that is the current predictions of solar activity and magnetic flux.

This information found on NOAA Space Weather Predictions

3-day Solar-Geophysical Forecast issued Nov 17 22:00 UTC

Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be very low.
Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field is expected to be predominantly quiet for days one and two (18-19 November). Quiet to unsettled levels, with a chance for isolated active periods, are expected late on day three (20 November). The increase in activity is expected as a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream becomes geoeffective.

Interplanetary Mag. Field
B_total: 4.9 nT
B_z: 2.3 nT south
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 0606 UT 

          coronal hole -November 18, 2009

A solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole should reach Earth on Nov. 20th or 21st. Credit: SOHO Extreme UV Telescope. For more information, visit SpaceWeather.com

Notice the dates. Then go to space.com and see what NASA has to say about the solar flares and electromagnetic changes during the same time period.

It's simple arithmetic. Do the math.

Make the comparison then decide for yourself if space weather and solar flares causes weather patterns that directly effect earth.