Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

It looks like we are at the peak of this cycle. We have well exceeded the peak expected.

My favourite site for solar data is now showing the smoothed peak of cycle 25 as this October at 162.8. At one time they were showing a mu...

My usual site for solar data usually has a major update at the start of the month. Last time they were predicting the smoothed peak of solar...

It looks like the peak of solar cycle 25 may have been reached. November 2023 was the month shown as the predicted peak of this cycle. This ...

The latest information on solar cycle 25 is out. It still shows the peak as November this year, which is early. See  https://www.solen.info/...

The 11 year solar cycle is an average with some cycles shorter than this and some longer.  I am most definitely not an expert on this area, ...

 At the start of the month, there is usually an update of solar data at this site. It is usually my first port of call for solar data.  As l...

At the moment, we are on target for a solar peak higher than we expected.  This could cause higher disruption to telecoms infrastructure, ...

We are now on the up-slopes towards the solar peak of cycle 25. I have not seen very recent forecasts but this forecast suggested it looks a...

It is some time since I saw predictions for the next solar cycle, but we have got off to a roaring start. I am no expert, but signs are pro...

It is some time since I saw a forecast for the magnitude of the next sunspot maximum.  We certainly seem to be on the up-slopes after the s...

According to spaceweather.com , solar cycle 25 has started.  At the moment it is hard to believe as we have had no sunspots for several week...

We know that predicting the size of solar cycle 25 maximum can be extremely difficult: a bit like weather forecasting in that the best pred...

It would appear we have now passed solar minimum and the long climb has started. This was reported on the Space Weather site recently. This...

Spaceweather.com reports cycle 25 spots are appearing. At the same time we are still seeing spots from cycle 24. It will still be a while b...

" It seems we have crossed a threshold. Though solar activity remains low, recent history shows no Solar Cycle 24 sunspots, only Solar ...

A panel of NOAA and NASA experts has issued a new forecast for cycle 25. See  https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/solar-cycle-25-forecast-update

At the moment the indications are for the next solar peak to be the same or slightly larger than cycle 24. Of course it is still too early t...

Already, I have mentioned the "expert predictions" for the next cycle. Based purely on my own views (often wrong!) I am beginning ...

Some forecasts are suggesting that cycle 25 will start this year . This image is at  http://www.solen.info/solar/images/cycles23_24.pn...