US EditionThe Aurora Borealis Is Back: These 18 States Have a Chance to See It Tonight
ONTARIO, CANADA, AUG 8 – A coronal mass ejection from the sun will cause geomagnetic storms with a Kp index of five, increasing northern lights visibility in northern U.S. states and Canada, NOAA said.
- Following the Aug. 5 solar event, NOAA forecasts minor geomagnetic storms late Friday and early Saturday that could light up Northern Canada, Alaska, and more than a dozen northern U.S. states.
- In Earth’s upper atmosphere, electrons from solar events collide with molecules, and the solar maximum amplifies coronal mass ejections, increasing aurora chances.
- NOAA advises observers to view the northern lights from a north-facing, high vantage point between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Saturday, during geomagnetic storms from Aug. 5.
- During the recent solar peak, more people in the U.S. have been exposed to northern lights displays in the last year as solar activity peaked on the sun’s surface.
- NOAA’s three-day outlook forecasts a peak Kp index of five on the nine-point scale, tapering to about four Saturday night and just over three Sunday.
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