Geomagnetic storm alert today; know about this big threat to Earth

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The Sun has been very volatile recently and it has generated a number of solar flares that are ready to spark a geomagnetic storm on Earth today.

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The week of early May of this year has been really unsettling with all kinds of solar storm disturbances.

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In the very starting of this week our planet suffered a shortwave radio blackout owing to a large solar flare eruption.

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After that, a sunspot complex turned volatile and began firing solar flares resulting in a rolling series of blackouts hugely affecting the African continent especially.

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Still after the third day in series the solar storm is showing no sign of being simmering down.

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As per a report by SpaceWeather, “An unexpected CME just swept across NOAA's DSCOVR spacecraft and it will soon hit Earth's magnetic field. The impact could spark G1 to G2-class geomagnetic storms with high-latitude auroras”.

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While the report also claimed that this event is separate from the earlier predicted weekend solar storm, which is still set to arrive between May 7-8. 

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 NOAA keeps a close watch on the solar storms and Sun’s behavior and warns of impending geomagnetic storms.

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NOAA uses its DSCOVR satellite to observe the solar storms and the threat they pose to Earth.

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 Geomagnetic storms can damage satellites, disrupt mobile networks, internet services and GPS signals and cause power grid outages. 

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The Data obtained by these satellites goes to the Space Weather Prediction Center and the final analysis is prepared.