Source: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/latest/latest_4096_4500.jpg

A couple of people have noticed (as did I) that the sun is essentially blank.

There was one small sunspot sunspeck 1511 yesterday, giving a sunspot count of 13. Today there’s a a small cluster of spots near the SE limb:

Source: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/latest/latest_4096_HMII.jpg

While this quiet sun not unprecedented, given the expected solar maximum is only about 7 to 9 months away, it is interesting and lends credence to the idea that this is one of the quietest solar cycles in a very long time.

You can check the latest status and imagery on the WUWT Solar Reference Page

BTW in case anybody is wondering, the WUWT climate widget has had problems getting updated sunspot numbers posted, I’ve had to resort to manual updates until such time I can wade into the issue. So if the spot and 10.7CM numbers are wrong, you know why.

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