Solar cycle 25 - promising news

[Highburymark]

Have seen a few rather gloomy reports on future solar activity recently - some even suggesting that the current slump could be with us for decades - so happy to read experts on Space Weather predicting that next eleven year Solar Cycle (25) is now expected to be about as active as Cycle 24 (which was pretty good), and the slow transition between the two cycles should begin between July 2019 and September 2020. 

[Stub Mandrel]

Funnily enough I was just about to post this:

http://www.sidc.be/silso/node/152

Cycle 24 had the lowest Maximum since 1906 and was the fourth smallest maximum on record!

We're also in the third-deepest minimum already and it might not bottom out until September!

http://www.sidc.be/silso/cyclesmm

Cycles durations

Table of minima, maxima and cycle durations

Cycle Minimum         Maximum         Duration in
Nb    Year Month SN   Year Month SN   Years + Months

01    1755   02   14.0  1761 06   144.1   11  04
02    1766   06   18.6  1769 09   193.0     9  00
03    1775   06   12.0  1778 05   264.2     9  03
04    1784   09   15.9  1788 02   235.3   13  07
05    1798   04    5.3   1805 02     82.0   12  03
06    1810   07    0.0   1816 05     81.2   12  10
07    1823   05    0.1   1829 11   119.2    10  06
08    1833   11   12.2  1837 03   244.9     9   08
09    1843   07   17.6  1848 02   219.9   12   05
10    1855   12    6.0   1860 02   186.2    11  03
11    1867   03    9.9   1870 08   234.0    11  09
12    1878   12    3.7   1883 12   124.4    11  03
13    1890   03    8.3   1894 01   146.5    11  10
14    1902   01    4.5   1906 02   107.1    11  06
15    1913   07    2.5   1917 08   175.7    10  01
16    1923   08    9.3   1928 04   130.2    10  01
17    1933   09    5.8   1937 04   198.6    10  05
18    1944   02   12.9  1947 05   218.7    10  02
19    1954   04    5.1   1958 03   285.0    10  06
20    1964   10   14.3  1968 11   156.6    11  05
21    1976   03   17.8  1979 12   232.9    10  06
22    1986   09   13.5  1989 11   212.5      9  11
23    1996   08   11.2   2001 11  180.3   12  04
24    2008   12    2.2   2014 04   116.4  
 

[Pete Presland]

Spaceweather also has reported some solar cycle 25 spots already this year.

Edited June 16, 2019 by Pete Presland

[Kn4fty]

I'm definitely ready for activity to pick up! Thanks for posting!