The forecast consensus: Cycle 25 will peak in July 2025 (+/- 8 months), with a smoothed sunspot number of 115. Cycle 25 is forecast to be average in intensity and similar to Cycle 24. The panel concurred that solar minimum will occur in April 2020 (+/- 6 months). If their solar minimum prediction is correct, this would make Cycle 24 the 7 th longest on record (11.4 years). www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/solar-cycle-25-forecast-update _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
