The strongest magnetic storm since March will blanket the Earth on Thursday, July 2, after an X-magnitude flare occurred on the Sun the day before. The Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences warned about this.
“In this case, storms and radiation storms at the highest level are not expected, and even the level preceding the highest level (G4) is unlikely to be reached, but G3 (strong) category events seem inevitable,” the message says.
It was reported that the disturbances on the ground will begin on July 2 from 21:00 to 00:00 Moscow time. cable– Laboratory channel.
On June 28, scientists reported that sunspot cluster 4478 had reached the largest size among the clusters this year. According to experts, its area is about 1,200 units. The previous largest group of sunspots, No. 4366, produced an X8.1-class flare and broke the 21st century record for the total number of powerful flares.
Neurologist Rustam Zhivotdinov said that women tolerate magnetic storms very hard. Geomagnetic fluctuations can also affect people with neurological diseases: epilepsy, strokes and others.