Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 130.6 to 128.1 over the past week of July 20 – 26.
Average daily solar flux declined significantly from 190.5 to 172.2.
The solar flux forecast sees values at 168, 165, and 162 on July 27 – 29; 158 on July 30 – 31; 155 and 158 on August 1 – 2; 165 on August 3 – 4; 170 and 175 on August 5 – 6; 180 on August 7 – 10; 175 on August 11 – 13; 180 on August 14 – 15; 175 on August 16 – 18; 170 on August 19; 165, 165, and 160 on August 20 – 22, and 155 on August 23 – 26.
Predicted planetary A index is 20, 10, 5, 10, and 8 on July 27 – 31; 5, 5, 10, and 8 on August 1 – 4; 5 on August 5 – 9; 10 on August 10; 8 on August 11 – 13; 5 on August 14 – 19, and 10, 8, and 5 on August 20 – 22.
Read about sunspots, flares, and aurora at the following link:
Check out a story about the Mars rover seeing the far side of the sun at the link below:
Also, see the report of a rocket punching a hole in the ionosphere at:
Nearly 5 decades ago in Marin County, California, I, too, witnessed a rocket penetrating the ionosphere. It was a huge, dramatic display. My friend had seen a similar thing before, and said it was created by a rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California.
Sunspot
numbers for July 20 – 26, 2023, were 131, 121, 103, 117, 141, 137, and 147,
with a mean of 128.1. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 184.3, 172.8, 174.4, 172.5,
165.1, 169, and 167.4, with a mean of 172.2. Estimated planetary A indices were
10, 13, 9, 6, 7, 11, and 21, with a mean of 11. Middle latitude A index was 10,
11, 9, 5, 8, 12, and 23, with a mean of 11.1.