Magnetic storms October 12-18: when the magnetosphere calms down
After bright auroras and an almost extreme storm, the Earth is waiting for two more troubled days
Shining and storm
Over the weekend, Russians saw auroras even in Moscow and Kaluga - and survived an almost extreme magnetic storm. Something big is happening on the sun.
A week ago, the forecast was green. But the feeling was that there would be storms. It happened.
What happened to the Sun
At the height of the week, one cloud of plasma broke away from the Sun, then two more. On the way to Earth, they merged. Something started on Saturday night.
Around 9 p.m. Moscow on the northern horizon lit up green dawn. She grew, turned into an arc and reached for the zenith. Brightness is such that objects cast shadows, and clouds glowed like a full moon.
Then the red spotlights hit, the sky pulsated. After an hour, everything returned, by 11 p.m. it weakened, but the horizon glowed until dawn.
The storm was almost extreme class. Scientists say, The sun is wasting energy, this is the last hello to the maximum. We won't see it again for many years.
Forecast
October 11th. It's been a magnetic storm all day. Peak - in the morning and around noon.
October 12th. Big storm this morning. Calm down this afternoon.
October 13th. Noticeable storms in the morning (3-9) and in the evening (15-18). Not extreme, but tangible.
October 14-18. It's all green. Nature needs rest, too.
The magnetosphere will work out the impact of the solar plasma for a long time.
Health effects
Experiments in the USSR showed that weak variable magnetic fields affect a person more noticeably than strong ones. The argument “the subway field is stronger and nothing” doesn’t work.
Experiments went from the 1960s to the 90s, then went to naught. Today, the mainstream considers them to be incorrect, and the link between health and storms is not. But in the Western press publications continue.
Monday and Tuesday are turbulent: morning and evening storms. From October 14, the magnetosphere will calm down. And the weekend's auroras are likely to remain one of the last major phenomena of the current solar maximum.
