Gismeteo forecasts magnetic storm in Uzbekistan on October 31

According to the service, the highest activity is expected in the morning hours, and the magnetic field disturbances will last for several hours.

Magnetic storms are linked to solar activity. During solar flares and coronal mass ejections, streams of charged particles reach Earth, causing disturbances in its magnetic field.

Back on October 26, iXBT.com reported that another coronal hole would begin affecting Earth on October 28. It is located in the Sun's equatorial region, to the left of the center of the disk. According to the outlet's estimates, solar wind speeds could rise to 600 km/s on Thursday and Friday, which is approximately 50% above normal. Typically, such a speed is not sufficient for disturbances to reach the level of a magnetic storm.

The outlet also noted that over the weekend, solar flare activity had slightly recovered due to two new regions on the left limb of the visible disk. However, these regions are weak and do not contain sunspots.