The strongest magnetic storm on Earth in the last three months is being observed. This was reported by Zamin.uz.
On September 15, the Solar Astronomy Laboratory announced this. The storm’s occurrence is related to the inflow of solar wind through a large coronal hole zone on our planet.
According to experts, such a level of increase in geomagnetic activity was an unexpected event. Previous estimates suggested that the activity would not exceed G1 level, meaning only weak disturbances were expected.
However, the recent event turned out to be much stronger. A similar strong magnetic storm was also recorded on June 1-2 of this year.
The deterioration of the geomagnetic situation is expected to last approximately four to six days. Conditions in near-Earth space may fully normalize before the end of this week.
Experts emphasize that the effects of coronal holes are unstable. The storm usually manifests as separate bursts lasting several hours, during which magnetic activity temporarily weakens.
According to initial calculations, the current local activity may decrease within 6-9 hours. Nevertheless, specialists note that it is difficult to predict the exact development of events and that there may be deviations from forecasts.
Earlier it was reported that since the end of last week, Earth entered the solar wind stream coming from a large coronal hole on the Sun. Therefore, geomagnetic disturbances could last up to six days, with the highest activity expected between September 14-16 (source: zamin.uz).
