A weak G1-class geomagnetic storm has begun on Earth, according to Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Fobos weather center.
According to him, magnetic disturbances began to be felt in the morning, and the Kp index, which measures the level of geomagnetic changes, reached five units. During the day, the geomagnetic field will remain weakly disturbed, with periods of weak magnetic storms.
The Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAN) confirmed that a G1-level magnetic storm is indeed occurring on Earth. Although a storm only becomes officially registered after the Kp index is updated (which happens every three hours), magnetic observatories began to notice disturbances in the magnetic field earlier.
According to preliminary data, the cause of this storm was a mass ejection from the solar flare on January 1. The forecast based on this assumption has already come true. The storm is expected to be short-lived.
Currently, fairly strong auroras are being observed. It is still too light over the European part of Russia to observe them, and the aurora band has already moved to the eastern part of the country.
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