Jeddah astronomer.. The sun is witnessing its highest activity in 21 years

The Astronomical Society in Jeddah revealed that the sun is currently experiencing a state of activity that has not occurred since 2002, when the number of sunspots was as high as it is now.

She added that the average number of sunspots for the month of June 2023 was 163, according to the Data Analysis Center of the Royal Observatory for Solar Effects in Belgium, and this exceeds all previous months since September 2022.

And she explained that it was not expected that the 25th solar cycle would be this strong, when it began in December 2019 it was expected that it would be a weak cycle similar to the previous solar cycle (24), but rather it would be one of the weakest solar cycles in a century, and instead, it exceeded the solar cycle (25) The solar cycle (24), and may be on its way to rival some of the most powerful solar cycles of the twentieth century.

And the Jeddah astronomer indicated that the last time the numbers of sunspots were this high, the sun was about to unleash the great Halloween storms in 2003, which included the strongest X-ray solar flare ever recorded (X45), and the aurora borealis was seen in the far south, even The coronal mass ejection from the flare was so strong that it was detected by the Voyager probe, at the edge of the solar system.

In addition, the National Center of Meteorology revealed today, Tuesday, on its Twitter account, that the governorates of Al-Ahsa and Al-Kharj recorded the highest temperatures of 45 degrees Celsius, followed by 44 degrees Celsius in the city, Riyadh, Al-Tanhat, Mina, Muzdalifah, Al-Dahna, Buraidah, Al-Saman, Sharurah, Buraidah, and 43 degrees in Mina, Hafar Al-Batin and Rafha. .