Why the Sun's Irradiance Recently Dipped

See this post for background.... The 0.7 W/m2 dip or so was from this sunspot, Greg Kopp of LASP tells me: "This is the Sun about a week ago when that dip occurred. Nothing to write home about. That people are excited about this may reflect that the current solar cycle has not been one of the most exciting ones."

So the global cooling apocalypse can be put off for another day....

PS: Eli also got this.