[Regnum] Solar flares of the penultimate power class may occur on July 13 and 14, the press service of the Institute of Applied Geophysics reported.
According to scientists, solar flare activity will be low, but M-class flares are possible. The geomagnetic field is expected to be calm on July 13 and 14, with isolated periods of instability.
On the night of June 11-12, a weak magnetic storm occurred on Earth. The disturbances were caused by a stream of high-speed solar wind from a coronal hole on the Sun.
On July 7, the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences announced the end of one of the strongest solar activity outbursts of 2026. It followed a mild scenario, with only two flares receiving the maximum rating.
According to the forecast of laboratory director Sergei Bogachev, solar activity will continue to decline, but the number of magnetic storms will remain significant over the next two years. They should cease completely by 2028–2031.