Never on Time

The sun's predicted set of storms is going to arrive later than originally predicted. Since the last fall the sun's 11 year storm was assumed to start March 2008- not so anymore. The peak will come in 2011.

"By giving a long-term outlook, we're advancing a new field - space climate - that's still in its infancy," said retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. David Johnson, director of NOAA's National Weather Service in Boulder, Colorado. "Issuing a cycle prediction of the onset this far in advance lies on the very edge of what we know about the Sun."