Is the big solar storm over?

2024-05-13 2024-05-13T09:19:37Z
ندى ماهر عبدربه
ندى ماهر عبدربه
صانعة مُحتوى

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - Last Friday evening <strong>, a “severe” solar storm</strong> hit the Earth, the first of its kind since 2003, as its picturesque polar lights illuminated the skies of many countries of the world, while the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Monitoring Agency (NOAA) announced that the geomagnetic storm was caused by The arrival of a coronal mass ejection series from the Sun at Earth is level 5 on a <strong>5-point scale, which is described as &quot;severe&quot;.</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The agency explained that this phenomenon may affect many technologies, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), power grids, spacecraft, satellite navigation, Internet networks, and others. Is this severe solar storm over?</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%A... also:</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%A... is a solar storm?</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Is the big magnetic storm over?</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Muhammad Shawkat Odeh, said through his account on the X platform:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The latest forecasts indicate that the large geomagnetic storm resulting from explosions and solar emissions has ended, as it reached its peak at the G5 level. It is noteworthy that the Earth has been witnessing less severe magnetic storms since the morning, whose strength ranged between G1 and G2, and an increase in activity is not currently expected. More than that, since most of the major emissions from the Sun have reached Earth.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The big magnetic storm is over<br /><br /> The latest forecasts indicate that the large geomagnetic storm caused by explosions and solar emissions is over, reaching G5 at its peak.<br /><br /> It is noteworthy that the Earth has been witnessing less severe magnetic storms since the morning, with strengths ranging between G1 and G2, and it is not expected… <a href="https://t.co/6qbjyNVdhv">pic.twitter.com/6qbjyNVdhv</a></p> - Muhammad Shawkat Odeh (@OdehAstronomy) <a href="https://twitter.com/OdehAstronomy/status/1789904044586135911?ref_src=tws... 13, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%A7... to the solar storm and in a historical precedent, viewing the northern lights from Algeria</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%... agency NOAA Periods of solar storms are likely today</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%A7... to the solar storm... a disruption in Starlink services that provide Internet services via satellite</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://twitter.com/OdehAstronomy/status/1789904044586135911">@OdehAstro...

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