A prolonged magnetic storm has been raging for nearly a week. When is it expected to come to an end?

Solar flares continue to occur on the sun, while on Earth, a strong geomagnetic storm persists. One of the explosions created a sunspot, resulting in a coronal mass ejection (CME) that is likely the cause of the prolonged storm.

The active sunspot AR3842 erupted on October 7, producing a powerful X2-class solar flare. This caused the loss of shortwave radio communications over the U.S., as reported by scientists from the space weather research site Spaceweather.

At the same time, they add that the explosion on the star also triggered a CME that was ejected into space. However, scientists are not making predictions regarding future geomagnetic storms, as they await new data from the SOHO coronagraphs.

Geomagnetic Storms on Earth from October 8-13

Meanwhile, as mentioned by the resource Meteoagent, currently, on October 8, our planet is experiencing a strong geomagnetic storm of 7 points. However, by Wednesday, October 9, its intensity will decrease to a minimal solar activity level of 3 points.

Additionally, from October 9-13, no significant geomagnetic fluctuations are expected.

Recall that earlier, Telegrаph reported on the weather surprises autumn had in store for Ukraine at the beginning of October.