Dr. Tamitha Skov, known as the famous "Space Weather Lady" in the US, announced that Earth will be "hit directly" by a solar storm on July 19.
A solar storm will hit Earth on July 19.
"Direct hit! A giant storm like a snake spinning out of the Sun and hitting Earth head-on. The magnetic field of the solar storm heading toward Earth will be very difficult to predict. They can have G2 or G3 impulses if the magnetic field of this storm points south," Ms. Skov wrote on Twitter, along with a video of NASA's prediction model.
Magnetic storms are ranked from G1 to G5, G5 being the strongest.
"The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) predicts the impact will occur early on July 19 (local time). The aurora will be strong and deep in the mid-latitudes," she explained.
The sun is currently in the active phase of its 11-year cycle, and incidents like this are expected to increase, according to the site.Interesting Engineering.
Ms. Skov is a space weather physicist at the Los Angeles Aerospace Corporation and a lecturer at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. On social media, she is a speaker specializing in forecasting and analyzing space weather processes.
According to US and British government weather agencies, since March 2022, the Earth has been continuously attacked by geomagnetic storms from the Sun. Although geomagnetic storms have not caused any major damage, they are a sign of stronger storms in the future. Most recently, in early July, a G1 geomagnetic storm hit Earth, causing bright auroras across Canada. The only problem was that no one saw the storm coming, and by the time they did, it was already too late. On July 12, a giant sunspot and filaments on the Sun's surface had astronomers worried about the possibility of solar flares aimed at Earth, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that could lead to power outages. On July 15, there was news that a large flare had erupted from the Sun, causing radio blackouts in many parts of the world. |
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