Massive solar storm lights up the night sky with Aurora nationwide - CKPGToday.ca

By Nathan Jordan

Aurora Borealis

Mar 24, 2023 | 5:47 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – If you thought there’s been some strange goings on overhead these past few years, you wouldn’t actually be wrong. Astrophysicists around the world have their eyes on the sky, and It’s got nothing to do with UFOs or unidentified balloons. Instead, researches have set their sights on the sun, studying the increase in Solar activity and Coronal Mass Ejections, and the impact of that activity here on Earth.

The most recent magnetic explosion on the sun’s surface, was one of the strongest events on recent solar records, earning it a classification of G4 on the rating scale for geomagnetic storms. What’s more, this latest solar blast, snuck past space weather forecasters, and caught the physics community off-guard. A storm of this severity, while beautiful , appearing as ribbons of dazzling greens and reds from the ground, Magnetic storms like this can wreak havoc in the upper atmosphere, where they pose a major risk for satellites.

If you’re hoping for a view of the Northern Lights, the over-night hours of Friday, into early Saturday morning are your best bet, According to forecasts from Enviroment and Climate Change Canada, cloud cover in our region could see a break between 10pm and midnight, and will further dissipate over the weekend.

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