Cycle 24 is BIG - 200 New Sunspots emerged today

April Fools day title. Now the facts:

SpaceWeather.com April 1,2009

NO SUNSPOTS: As April begins, the sun has been spotless for 24 consecutive days. How long can the blank spell continue? The longest stretch of blank suns in the past 100 years was 92 days in April, May and June of 1913. To match that streak, today's sun must remain spotless until early June 2009. That's a lot of quiet; stay tuned