When solar flares, coronal mass ejections or coronal holes occur, it can mean tempestuous solar particles are sent Earthward. However, all three of those events recently occurred on the surface of the Sun and experts say that means we are in for one heck of a show on Earth.
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00:00When solar flares, coronal mass ejections, or coronal holes occur, it can mean tempestuous
00:08solar particles are sent earthward.
00:10However, all three of those events recently happened on the surface of the Sun, and experts
00:15say that means we're in for one heck of a show on Earth.
00:18NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center just released a forecast, outlining that on September
00:2216th, we're in for a G3-level geomagnetic storm.
00:27This is the result of an X4.5-level X-class flare that erupted on the 14th.
00:32At the same time, the Sun also released a coronal mass ejection, where billions of solar
00:36particles were jettisoned into the cosmos.
00:39However, experts say it's even more intense because all of this occurred near a coronal
00:43hole, or an area where the Sun's magnetic field lines were weak.
00:47That means those solar particles had less solar-bound pull, meaning they could escape
00:50with more power.
00:51So what does that mean for us Earthlings?
00:53Well, experts say that we should expect more beautiful auroras in the night sky, something
00:58becoming more frequent as the Sun approaches its solar maximum.
01:01However, they say we could also see radio communication disruptions, as well as issues
01:06with GPS.