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PREDICTIVE PATTERNS FROM 2016 SEEM TO BE RE EMERGING.  I HAVE NOT SEEN
NORTH ATLANTIC 6 METER SPORADIC E UNLESS THERE WERE STORMS ALSO PRESENT.
BUT THERE ARE PUZZLES REMAINING.  FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN LOOKING AT 6 METER
SPORADIC E ALONG PATHS FROM NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA TO AFRICA, THERE ARE
USUALLY NO STORMS PRESENT.  FURTHERMORE, SPORADIC E CAN BE SEEN OVER LAND,
WITH OR WITHOUT STORMS.  THERE ARE ALSO COMPLICATING FACTORS DUE TO
GEOMAGNETIC STORMS AND THEIR EFFECTS.  FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE OFTEN NOTICED 6
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METER SPORADIC E OCCURRING AFTER A GEOMAGNETIC STORM, BUT USUALLY NOT
DURING A GEOMAGNETIC STORM.  AND WHEN IT COMES TO WEATHER, THE FURTHER
SOUTH WE GO, THE LESS DEPENDENCE THERE IS ON STORMS IN MY OBSERVATIONS, SO
MAYBE SPORADIC E IS MORE DEPENDENT ON MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS AND
ALIGNMENT, COUPLED WITH OTHER COMPLEX MECHANISMS NOT DESCRIBED HERE I. E.
EQUATORIAL ION FOUNTAINS.  SUMMARY IT SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT WE DO NOT YET
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