The solar sunspot number reported at Sunspot Cycle or NASA will be 201 or higher at least on one day before Friday, 2001-11-23.
Judgement of this claim shall happen before the judgement date if a sunspot number of 201 or higher is reported for some day. Judgement may occur up to three months after the judgement date if data are not readily available. If the WWW-sites given above are still unavailable on 2002-02-22, the judge may substitute an appropriate data source. Missing data may be substituted from other sources. If no data whatsoever are available on 2002-02-22, the claim will pay 0.50 FX$.
For an October 1998 prediction, see ScienceDaily.
To satisfy the claim, the solar spot number must be for some day on or after the creation date of this claim. That is, sunspot numbers prior to the creation date of this claim do not count toward satisfaction of the claim.