Solar Flare 2024 Predictions. The updated prediction now calls for solar cycle 25 to peak between january and october of 2024, with a maximum sunspot number between 137 and 173. The sun released an x1.5 solar flare early this morning (2:33 utc on july 29).
On july 28, 2024, the sun released a strong x1.5 class solar flare, observed by nasa’s solar dynamics observatory. Nasa’s solar dynamics observatory captured this image of an x1.5 solar flare peaking at 7:44 am edt on may 11, 2024.