The Sun experienced its first strong flare in 3 weeks

Information has been received about a recently recorded M-class solar flare. The maximum emission was reached at 12:55 Moscow time. The flare lasted approximately 20 minutes.

This event occurred amid a deep dip in solar activity that has been ongoing for almost a month and is of interest primarily for this reason. The last time a flare of this class was recorded was on February 25th (then it was M2.3). This event was slightly lower, at M1.2. Apart from the current deep solar depression, this event is quite common, as it falls within the very lower limit of the M-class. Furthermore, the flare's center's position at the edge of the solar disk (and telescope data has already been received) rules out any impact on Earth. There are no indications that this event could trigger the Sun to emerge from its current local minimum. The explosion is almost certainly isolated and relatively random.

To avoid a separate report, we will say that the first plasma streams associated with the coronal hole have reached Earth. Weak disturbances are already being observed. In this situation, the forecast for magnetic storm levels to reach the end of the day looks quite realistic.