If there was still any doubt about whether this year came “crooked”, now it could be cleared. Because the damn pandemic new coronavirus and its eternal quarantine, a new threat is added to the already battered humanity. But this time, the bad news would not come from between us, but would come from space. And there are still more than 4 months to go.
A solar storm would hit Earth next Thursday or Friday, which could generate interruptions in the electricity generation and grid systems, satellite communications and radio signals, according to space weather experts from the NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
In addition, the phenomenon would also trigger auroras far from the poles. “This solar storm could carry the auroras to places like Northumberland and Norfolk of the UK, Maine, Minnesota and Washington of the U.S, and as far south as New Zealand and Tasmania, “tweeted space weather physicist Dr. Tamitha Skov.
Skoy added that aurora is possible in the middle latitudes, which are typically between 30 and 60 degrees. “The predictions show a side impact on Earth either! late on August 19 or at noon on August 20 August! “he wrote.
Earth could be hit by a solar storm on Thursday or Friday. Photo NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
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A coronal mass ejection that occurred on Monday is responsible for this potential solar storm. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) said that “anticipates that said ejection it will arrive early or mid-day UTC on August 20. “
Using data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, scientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of the Sun’s largest eruptions of the last solar cycle, of a set of nine. With further development, the model could one day be used to inform forecasts of these intense bursts of solar radiation.
Space weather experts add that “confidence is low-moderate at once gaze weak, but confidence in weather and geomagnetic response is lower. “According to his latest analysis, the current forecast indicates” active “levels with probability of G1 storm conditions on the 20th.
According to the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center, solar flares are capable of producing strong X-rays that degrade or block radio waves frequency used for radio communication.
