March 2024 Solar Flare Predictions. The purpose of the predictions is to provide future statistical estimates of sunspot number, solar radio 10.7 cm flux (f10.7), and the geomagnetic planetary index, ap, for input to various space environment. The image shows subsets of.
The updated prediction now calls for solar cycle 25 to peak between january and october of 2024, with a maximum sunspot number between 137 and 173. A solar physicist who accurately predicted that the sun’s explosive peak would arrive sooner โ and be more powerful โ than originally forecast tells live science that it may have already.