Two new sunspot groups for Christmas

It looks like we may be getting two new sunspot groups in time for Christmas, joining group 1035 to give three visible at the same time.

The new sunspot groups 1036 and 1037 look like being a welcome harbinger for an upturn of Solar Activty in the New Year. With the increased sunspot count we should see improved propagation conditions on 21, 24 and 28 MHz

Drawing of the latest observations
http://web.ct.astro.it/sun/draw.jpg

NZ4O Propagation Forecast
http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o4.htm

Solar Cycle 24
http://www.solarcycle24.com/

IPS Radio and Space service - Solar Summary and Forecast
http://www.ips.gov.au/Solar/1/5