land on Saturday, May 11 can cover the powerful magnetic storm over the past 20 years.
About this RIA Novosti was announced by the head of the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Bogachev.
“For the first time in 20 years, a storm of the fifth level can occur on Earth. Over three days, the sun is thrown towards our planet four exceptionally large plasma clouds. Some of them will merge on the way into a single even larger object, which will hit the magnetic one according to the calculations The field of land tonight, ”said the professor.
Bogachev clarified that, as scientists expect, at the peak of a stroke, the level of storm will be at least G4.33, and with a probability of 15 percent it will reach G5, which will happen for the first time since 2005.
“Over the past two days, six outbreaks of the highest score X occurred in the sun. The level of outbreak activity is now about 9.8 on a ten-point scale. The exhaustion of explosive energy is expected over the next 2-3 days,” Bogachev emphasized.
The professor warned that geomagnetic storms on Earth with varying degrees of force can continue until the end of the week.
The power of magnetic storms is estimated on a five -point scale. Storms of the G1 level are considered the weakest, they almost do not affect the operation of electrical appliances. The maximum level is G5, that is, large -scale problems with the power grid and serious problems in the work of satellites and radio communications are possible.
During severe magnetic storms, people can feel headache, weakness, pressure jumps, and experience insomnia. Scientists associate this with the fact that when fluctuations in the magnetic field, capillary blood flow slows down and oxygen starvation of tissues occurs.