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Northern Lights In IL: Powerful Solar Storm Peaks Wednesday For Another Chance To See
Two large X-class solar flares are expected to cause geomagnetic storms, making the northern lights visible as far south as Illinois, NOAA forecasts a Kp index of 7.
- NOAA predicts the northern lights could be visible across much of the northern United States on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, possibly reaching Alabama and Northern California.
- Two X-class solar flares escaped from the Sun on Sunday and Monday, and those eruptions are coronal mass ejections that can reach Earth.
- Forecasters at NOAA say a Kp index of seven out of nine is expected Tuesday night and Tuesday morning, with a G2 geomagnetic storm watch for Tuesday and a G3 watch for Monday.
- NOAA warns these flares can cause limited, minor effects to some technological infrastructure, including interference with air traffic control radio, satellites, radio and GPS communications, and temporary power grid disruption.
- With the sun at peak activity in its 11-year cycle, NASA and NOAA say the sun's active spurt will last at least through the end of this year, though the peak timing remains uncertain.
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