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Map Shows the 16 States, Including Oregon, Where You Could See the Northern Lights on Friday Night
NOAA predicts a geomagnetic storm with a Kp index of 5, enabling northern lights visibility across 16 states in the northern U.S. Friday night.
- On Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center forecast that more than a dozen states from Washington to Maine, possibly reaching Iowa, may see the northern lights.
- A stream of charged particles from the sun, often from solar flares or coronal mass ejections, collides with upper-atmosphere gases, producing shifting aurora colors as light emits.
- Follow the Space Weather Prediction Center's 30-minute aurora forecast and use the NOAA website or an aurora forecasting app; NASA's Kelly Korreck recommends dark local or national parks, and smartphone cameras may reveal unseen auroras.
- The forecast shows a Kp index of five for Friday night on a scale zero to nine, and the Space Weather Prediction Center expects it to fall to three Saturday night.
- Even as Earth enters the declining phase of solar cycle 25, an approximately 11-year cycle, G4-level watches remain rare with only four alerts this solar cycle.
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WNTZ FOX 48+4 Reposted by 4 other sources
M Which states could see the Northern Lights this weekend?
Millions of Americans will have a chance to view the Northern Lights on Friday and Saturday, according to an aurora forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
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Northern lights could be on display across several states this weekend. Here's where.
The predicted "view line," or the southernmost spot where skygazers might still be able to view the northern lights, includes more than a dozen states.
·Sacramento, United States
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