Mercury is currently in retrograde, with 18 days left. Hang in there!

Very low solar activity continued and the visible disk remained spotless. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery.

The solar kp index is quiet, with no changes to retrograde effects. The solar wind speed is currently above average, making retrograde effects moderately increased.

There is currently only one planet in retrograde.

Basically don’t do anything that requires communicating, sealing the deal, travel or otherwise during this cycle. I’m sure that’s going to be acceptable when you call into work. Or, you could take the more rational approach and recognize that if you do notice a lot of things really wonking up, maybe those things could stand being corrected inasmuch as you can from your end of things.

Solar wind parameters continued to exhibit enhanced and disturbed IMF, indicative of a slow CME passage (from the 13 Feb DSF). Total IMF strength reached 11 nT. The Bz component was prolonged southward and reached a maximum deviation of -10 nT. The phi component was largely negative after 0300 UTC. Solar wind speeds were 375-500 km/s. Solar wind temperatures dropped following the peak of speeds which is often indicative of CME signatures.

There is a 40% chance of solar activity, with a 30% chance of a minor event, a 5% chance of a moderate event, and a 1% chance of a strong event.