Solar activity over the past week (August 18-24) was down compared to the previous week, with average daily sunspot number s declining from 73.9 to 33.9, and average daily solar flux from 89.2 to 79.6.
Average planetary A index increased from 6.9 to 9.7, while the mid-latitude number rose from 7.4 to 8.7.
The latest prediction (on August 25, 2016) shows expected solar flux at 78 on August 26-29, 80 on August 30-31, 85 on September 1-3, 90 on September 4-10, 88 on September 11-12, 85 on September 13, 80 on September 14-15, then 78 and 75 on September 16-17, 80 on September 18-20, 84 on September 21-22, then 82, 80 and 78 on September 23-25, 75 on September 26-28, 80 and 85 on September 29-30, and 90 on October 1-7.
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