Mercury is currently in retrograde, with 9 days left. Hang in there!

Solar activity remained at very low levels with a spotless visible disk. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available satellite imagery.

The solar kp index is unsettled, with retrograde effects slightly enhanced. The solar wind speed is high, making retrograde effects significantly 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.

The near-earth solar wind environment became slightly enhanced this period due to solar sector variability. Solar wind speed values reached slowly increased from initial values around 350 km/s to a peak of 500 km/s at around 29/0300 UTC. Solar wind density remained slightly elevated throughout the period, but remained below 10 particles per cubic cm. Late in the period, at around 29/1100 UTC, IMF total field strength values increased to around 9 nT and Bz increased to around -7 nT.

There is a 20% chance of solar activity, with a 10% chance of a minor event, a 1% chance of a moderate event, and a 1% chance of a strong event.