Northern Lights Forecast: Where & When to See Them This Week
- * What: The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) may be visible in over a dozen US states.
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* What: The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) may be visible in over a dozen US states.
* When: Monday and Tuesday. The geomagnetic activity is expected to increase from a G1 storm on Monday to a G3 storm on Tuesday.
* Why: Large expulsions of plasma from the sun (coronal mass ejection) are heading towards Earth and interacting with Earth’s magnetic field.
* Where: Potentially visible in Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, Washington, and Wisconsin. Also predicted to be visible from Utqiaġvik to Anchorage, Alaska with clear skies.
* Source: Information comes from NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Centre,the U.K.’s national meteorological service, and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska.
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