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Solar Cycle 25 has officially started in December 2019

Breaking news today from the Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel! It is now official, the solar minimum between Solar Cycle 24 and 25 took place December 2019 when the 13-month smoothed sunspot number fell to 1.8. This means that we've been in Solar Cycle 25 since December 2019!

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Current data suggests there is a moderate possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Arkhangelsk

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following middle latitude regions in the near future

Surgut
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (541.8 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (15.42nT), the direction is slightly South (-6.54nT).

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