Beta 2720 is slowly decaying and the area it occupied has likewise decreased.
AR2719 might decay to an H-alpha plage sometime during the next few hours. It is barely visible now at 0515 UT Monday. On the other hand, AR2719 did resurrect from being an inactive H-alpha plage to a Beta a few days ago, and it could resurrect again as it approaches the Western limb.
Sometimes as an active region approaches the Western limb, it becomes more active. If it does emit a significant flare at the Western limb, which is geo-directive, that flare could strike the earth. Both these active regions are approaching that limb.
Per NOAA:
SRS Number 239 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Aug 2018
Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Aug
I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z
Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type
2719 S06W53 136 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha
2720 N08W55 138 0060 Cso 08 05 Beta
The GOES X-ray flux now shows solar activity in the A0 to A1 levels, which is normal during a solar minimum.
Cf. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-x-ray-flux
Frin http://www.spaceweather.com
REVERSE POLARITY SUNSPOT: New sunspot AR2720 is not only large, but also strange. Its magnetic polarity is reversed. The North and South ends of its enormous magnetic field are backwards compared to the norm for sunspots in the current solar cycle, decaying Solar Cycle 24. What does this mean? AR2720 may be the first big sunspot of the next solar cycle, Solar Cycle 25, popping up now in the middle of solar minimum. Solar cycles always mix together at their boundaries. The slow transition between Solar Cycle 24 and Solar Cycle 25 appears to be underway.
How long will this slow transition last? One to two more years according to predictions issued by Belgium. Or it could be three to four more years or even longer.
How high will the next solar maximum peak be? Per Belgium's research, we just do not know. Looking at the data in the recent past does not provide any answers or provide any clues.