No sunspots appeared this week, although there were hopeful signs. Spaceweather.com reported on October 11 that a new sunspot was "struggling to emerge," but it faded quickly, and the Sun has been blank since then. Sunspot numbers for October 8-14 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 0. The 10.7 cm flux was 68.8, 69.2, 70, 70.4, 70.1, 69.8 and 70.9 with a mean of 69.9. The estimated planetary A indices were 2, 3, 2, 6, 2, 2 and 2 with a mean of 2.7. The estimated mid-latitude A indices were 1, 1, 0, 7, 1, 2 and 0 with a mean of 1.7. For this week, expect more of the same quiet geomagnetic conditions. Geophysical Institute Prague expects quiet to unsettled conditions today, October 16, then quiet conditions October 17-22. NOAA and US Air Force predict the planetary A index for today at 7, then back down to 5 for the foreseeable future. They expect solar flux to be up to 72 today through October 30.
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