Magnetic storms are expected to begin on Earth within the day, triggered by the coronal hole on the Sun.
Currently, a stream of fast solar wind is forming in a large coronal hole on the Sun, and according to calculations, it will catch up with Earth by the end of the day today, initiating a period of unstable geomagnetic conditions for two to three days.
Earth will be in the stream of fast wind for about a week, but the strongest impact is expected on Saturday and Sunday. Starting Monday, the magnetic field will likely come into equilibrium with the external environment, and the active phase of the geomagnetic storm will end.
According to the Solar Astronomy Laboratory, in the first 100 days of the year, magnetic storms were observed for 24 days, meaning that approximately every fourth day was marked in red. By this measure, the year is currently in second place for this century, second only to 2003, which is currently the record year for both the intensity of solar flares and the number of magnetic storms.
