Introduction of a high-end processor from Intel is not the blockbuster event it used to be. Most of us pay attention to weather forecasts at some point in our daily lives. They can help us decide what clothes to wear or if an umbrella might be necessary. Space weather is created when solar energy collides with the geomagnetic field that envelopes the earth. The new forecasts are part of the preparation for the solar maximum, the ten-year cycle when the sun's energy increases significantly.
Space weather can disrupt electric power and communications systems.
The new forecasts will help those who manage power grids and satellite operators better prepare their equipment to weather the next solar maximum, expected within a year or two. Hear more as NPR's Ivan Amato reports for Morning Edition. The site itself was found in the fall of 1997. Work is concentrating on the parts of the Stone Age settlement under greatest danger from erosion. A team of divers has been working under the surface of Lake Zug since October.