‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ ACTUALLY REVERSE SENSE AND THEN BUILD UP? WHY DOESNT IT JUST REMAIN AT MAXIMUM FOR ALL TIME AFTER THAT? THE SOLAR EQUATOR IS SOMEWHAT HOTTER THAN THE SOLAR POLES. THE POLE/EQUATOR TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE CAUSES A LARGE SCALE UPWELLING OF GAS NEAR THE EQUATOR, WHICH THEN FLOWS NEAR THE SURFACE NORTH AND SOUTH TOWARD THE POLES. NEAR THE POLES THE GAS COOLS AND SINKS, AND THEN FLOWS BACK TOWARD THE EQUATOR AGAIN, NOW DEEP IN THE CONVECTION ZONE. SINCE THESE CONVECTIVE CIRCULATION PATTERNS FLOW FROM EQUATOR TO ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ POLE IN EACH HEMISPHERE ALONG LONGITUDE MERIDIANS, THEY ARE REFERRED TO AS THE MERIDIONAL FLOWS. THE MERIDIONAL FLOWS ARE THE CONVEYOR BELTS THAT DRIVE THE SOLAR CYCLE. THEY APPEAR TO DRAG LEFTOVER SURFACE FIELDS FROM OLD SUNSPOTS BACK TOWARD THE POLES AND THEN SUCK THEM DOWN DEEP IN THE ‰ FROM PAGE 91 ‰ 1 286 EPA WB9RFV 90 2 1 280 IN AI4OT 36 2 1 272 VA N0CQV 81 2 1 268 CO K0WRZ 83 2 1 266 KS Indian Creek RC KI4PBX NN5A, op 75 2 1 250 TN VA4TV 21 2 1 242 ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ