Here we go again people. The solar wind peaked on May13th. (Around 630 km/sec) You can see this for yourself right here.
Look under Solar Wind Bulk Speed
http://www.sel.noaa.gov/ftpdir/lists/ac ... pam_1h.txt
So there is a distinct possibility that we should be seeing a considerable rise in the solar wind speed around June 8th again if the recurrent coronal hole is still around.
This is the 3rd time in a row that the GFS is forecasting formation around the time frame of when the solar wind should be peaking.
It looks like the space weather forecasters have common thoughts with the GFS. Their seven day outlook should lag the GFS by 7-8 days. (This would be the GFS 14-15 day outlook from about seven days ago. It's formation date was around June 2nd I believe).
Look at this seven day outlook for the solar winds. Look at the 3rd chart. (Bottom one).
http://sec.noaa.gov/ws/predvel_7d.html
The green dots are the forecast from MWO. This is the forecast given out by Mount Wilson Observatory. They show it risng on June 2nd. This was one of the dates that some of you said the GFS was forecasting for a possible development a while ago. Am I correct about the date here?
Like I have mentioned before. We all know that the solar wind speed is not fed into the models but I firmly believe that the atmosphere is effected by this. So the repetitive cyclical nature of space weather seems to cause the models to forecast certain trends because of their possible upcoming presence. This tells me that they might be trying to indirectly pick up on a physical relationship.
So lets see what happens if we see increased solar winds again late next week. Will the GFS start showing a low pressure system developing around 6/28-29 in their 12-14 day runs?
Jim