On Jun 16, 7:43*am, Weatherlawyer wrote:

However powerful a tropical storm may be, the storm is only a small
part of the system.

As an whole, the convective currents on or in the oceans are in
themselves only a part of the thing. But even then these things
are mere covering, superficial.

I'd always thought there was a step between the three body problem and
any direct occurrences because of the sun and moon.

I wonder what other steps there are between the engineering miracle we
live on and its reactions to the other planet in our orbit.

"The Sun passes through 11-year activity cycles in few of which the
star failed to become active

According to predictions, since the beginning of 2009, many more
sunspots and solar flares should have been identified on its surface.
They say that the magnetic phenomenon called solar jet streams is
responsible for this delay in the Sun's response time.

These streams are generated at the poles of the star, and then travel
towards the Equator at a relatively low speed of ten kilometers per
hour. When their journeys take them to 22 degrees latitude North and
South, they mark the beginning of a new solar cycle. But exactly why
the cycle starts when the streams reach this precise latitude is still
unknown.

NSO researchers believe that the reason why the latest cycle of the
Sun was delayed is that the jet streams moved slower than usual. Those
generated in 1996 took 13 years to reach the 22-degree-latitude and to
trigger a new period of activity, rather than the regular 11 years."