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FOLLOW.  FORECASTS AND TRENDS AT LEAST 70 FORECASTS FOR CYCLE 25 HAVE BEEN
PUBLISHED IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, PREDICTING EVERYTHING FROM A VERY WEAK TO
A VERY STRONG CYCLE.  THE RESPECTED NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION NOAA FORECAST, AS WELL AS MOST OTHER FORECASTS, ANTICIPATES
CYCLE 25 TO BE SIMILAR TO CYCLE 24.  REFERRING TO TABLES 1 AND 2, CYCLE 24
HAD LOW SSNS DURING ITS RISE TO SOLAR MAXIMUM COMPARED TO OTHER CYCLES, AS
EVIDENCED BY ITS SSNS AT 12, 24, AND 36 MONTHS AFTER SOLAR MINIMUM.  CYCLE
24 TOOK 64 MONTHS TO REACH SOLAR MAXIMUM LONGER THAN ANY CYCLE SINCE 1945.
THE SUN RECENTLY PRODUCED MORE SPOTLESS DAYS THAN USUAL DURING THE
THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH MONTHS AFTER SOLAR MINIMUM.  THE SUNSPOT INDEX
AND LONG TERM SOLAR OBSERVATIONS SILSO WORLD DATA CENTER AT THE ROYAL
OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM ANTICIPATES UP TO 1,024 SPOTLESS DAYS BEFORE THE
TRANSITION TO CYCLE 25 COMPLETES, LIKELY BEFORE THE END OF 2021.  A BRIEF
INTRODUCTION TO CYCLE 25 CYCLE 25 PRODUCED 180 SPOTLESS DAYS AND SOME
OCCASIONAL WEAK SUNSPOTS THROUGH OCTOBER 2020.  THE WEAK SUNSPOTS HAD
LITTLE EFFECT ON HF DX PROPAGATION, AS EVIDENCED BY THE 10R7 CENTIMETER
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