Forecast today was rain in the afternoon, so early shot today and the forecast was right, heavy rain showers on and off all afternoon.
Active sunspot AR11990 poses a continued threat for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 197

 Early image between the rain.
Active sunspot AR11990 (formerly AR11967) poses a threat for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 157

Wait for a gap and one might just roll over, but look its the third time for AR11990, which is very rare to last so long.
Active sunspot AR11990 (formerly AR1967) poses a threat for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 205

Bit windy and gaps, and look who is due to return AR11967, this will be the third time is has crossed the face, the first was early January when it was AR11944.  Normally the only last a couple of weeks, but two to three months is amazing.
Sunspot AR11982 has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares.
Spot count 152

Forecast was good all day, but glad to get a early shot as now cloudy and looks like rain soon.
Sunspot AR11982 has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares.
Spot count 140

 Caught today's gap before the rain started for the day.
Sunspot AR11982 has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares.
Spot count 123

Hail and wind again, nearly gave up, but grabbed a quick image through the only late cloudy gap of the day.
Sunspot AR11982 has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares.
Spot count 134

Tricky finding a gap today, nearly gave up in the morning and was just about to go out when a gap was spotted, so set up and caught it. 
Earth-facing sunspot AR11977 has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares.
Spot count 101

A Sunny morning for a change, blueish sky and not bad seeing...
Sunspot AR11974 has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 135

Winds down to 54mph today but still sideways rain, but bigger gaps... 
Sunspot AR11974 has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares
Spot count 196

Another stormy wet windy day, only 85mph winds today and sideways rain, but got a gap early before the hail started again.
Sunspot AR11974 has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 187

Trees blowing over and 108mph winds and driving rain gave way to a late afternoon gap, so quick image and then back inside for more of the same...
Sunspot AR11974 has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 151

Today we had high winds, rain, hail, winds, rain and.........a gap...
Quite a few gaps between the sudden rain, so packed up after 2 single images.
Sunspots AR11974 and AR11976 have 'beta-gamma' magnetic fields that harbor energy for Earth-directed M-class solar flares.
Spot count 122

Caught a gap between the high winds and rain again...
Sunspots AR11974, AR11975 and AR11976 have 'beta-gamma' magnetic fields that harbor energy for M-class solar flares.
Spot count 180

Early image today as they forecast more high winds and rain they were not wrong.
Departing sunspots AR1967 and AR1968 pose a declining threat for Earth-directed flares
Spot count 241

After 2 days of solid rain, got a gap a bit of a cloudy gap but a gap.
Growing sunspot AR11968 has developed a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 223

Surprised to get a clear sky for a bit this morning, then went hazy, was just about to get the Cak out...
Earth-facing sunspot AR11967 has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 168