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One of the largest sunspot regions of the current solar cycle developed last week, producing an X-class flare late on 2 July. The monthly sunspot number for June 2023 is the highest so far this solar cycle.

The persistent movement of the North magnetic pole towards Siberia may have some consequences on local space weather impacts such as aurora visibility and geomagnetically induced currents.

Due to a reshuffling of responsibilities, SILSO will from now on run under the single Directorship of Laure Lefèvre, and therefore any future questions related to the SILSO management or data should be addressed to Laure.Lefevre@oma.be.  We  take this opportunity to thank both Frédéric Clette and Laure Lefèvre for their dedication to the SILSO operations during many years.

Over the last 2 weeks, some sizeable sunspot groups were visible with the (protected) naked eye.

On May 8, the STCE team was invited to teach at ESA's Academy in Transinne (BE) in a pilot for their new Space Weather Training Course. 
30 students were selected for a week-long, in-depth school about space weather and its technological impacts. The STCE was responsible for giving the students a first introduction on how to forecast space weather events and impacts.