Seven new sunspot groups emerged this reporting week. There were two on October 26, one on October 27, another on October 28, two more on October 31, and another on November 1.
Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 41.9 to 76.7, while the average daily solar flux increased from 123.5 to 137.5.
Predicted solar flux is 160, 162, and 162 on November 2 – 4; 160, 157, 150, 148, 136, 138, 136, and 134 on November 5 – 12; 130 on November 13 – 15; 125, 123, and 120 on November 16 – 18; 125 on November 19 – 22, and 130 on November 23 – 26.
Predicted planetary A index is 8, 5, 8, 12, 8, and 5 on November 2 – 7; 12 on November 8 – 9; 8 on November 10; 5 on November 11 – 13; 8 and 10 on November 14 – 15; 5 on November 16 – 21, and 15, 10, 15, 15, and 20 on November 22 – 26.
There
might be an early peak of Solar Cycle 25. Read about it at https://bit.ly/3FF26jh and https://bit.ly/40ndQQN.
Sunspot numbers for October
26 through November 1 were 57, 66, 70, 61, 62, 116, and 105, with a mean of
76.7. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 126.4, 127.5, 128, 135.2, 139.7, 147.3, and
158.6, with a mean of 137.5. Estimated planetary A indices were 23, 11, 19, 28,
12, 9, and 9, with a mean of 15.9. Middle latitude A index was 18, 9, 13, 21,
10, 6, and 6, with a mean of 11.9.