Daily Archives: January 8, 2009

Surfacestations UK project getting started

As many readers know, I’ve been working with a team of dedicated volunteers on the US www.surfacestations.org project since June 2007. We now have over 50% of the 1221 station network surveyed and new surveys are being added, though slowed … Continue reading

Posted in Announcements, weather_stations | 45 Comments

Here’s an odd one: dogsled race canceled because there’s too much snow

How’s this for odd? Minnesota sled dog race canceled because of too much snow Patrick Springer, Forum Communications Bemidji Pioneer – 01/06/2009 Here’s another entry for the annals of noteworthy winter weather: The dogsled race near Frazee, Minn., has been … Continue reading

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The new NASA solar goalpost: Cycle 24, maybe not so big

A few days ago I wrote in State of the Sun for year end 2008: all’s quiet on the solar front – too quiet that “No new cycle 24 predictions have been issued by any solar group (that I am aware … Continue reading

Posted in Science, solar | 287 Comments