A LARGE “full halo”Experts warn that a solar storm could hit Earth and cause severe geomagnetic storms, which could impact power systems.
On Saturday, a type of solar storm called a coronal Mass ejection (CME), arrived directly at Earth.
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This was caused by the sun’s magnetic field lines getting tangled and large particles escaping the sun’s atmospheric erupting.
Once this is done “full-halo”A minor G1-class geomagnetic tornado struck our planet. Space Weather reported.
A G1-class hurricane is relatively safe but can still cause some damage, such as power grid fluctuations.
According to Newsweek?, “full-halo”Named because the storms in coronagraph imagery appear like a halo around the sun.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, more G1-class storms could be expected in the days ahead. There is also a possibility for moderate-strong storms within hours.
Earth experiences more severe storms of moderate (G2-class) or strong (G3 class) severity.
G2-class storms can cause voltage alarms and transformer damages in high-latitude power systems.
G3-class storms, which are stronger than others, can cause false alarms and voltage corrections in some protection devices.
The G1 class geomagnetic storm has already reached Earth and created what looked like auroras in northern-tier USA.
Auroras are visible light waves similar to the northern lights in Iceland or other nordic countries.
“At about 12 midnight, I noticed a familiar light purple vertical glow to the east,”Greg Ash from Ely in Minnesota said Space Weather. “It was STEVE!”
However, STEVE (Strong Thermalemission Velocity Enhancement) is technically not an aurora.
Auroras are formed from the interaction between the sun’s charged particles with Earth’s oxygen- and nitrogen molecules.
However, STEVE can be created by charged particles being heated up in the atmosphere. This is much lower than an aurora creation.