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30.07.2024 - 17:32 / travelandleisure.com
We haven't had an impressive northern lights show in a few months, but that might change tonight.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a geomagnetic storm watch from Tuesday to Thursday— and that means there's a chance for some solid aurora action farther south than usual.
Specifically, the SWPC states that aurora's «may be seen as low as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon.»
The sun lit up with solar flares the last few days, and they've shot out a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that are set to bombard Earth with energized particles. As such, the SWPC predicts a maximum geomagnetic storm level of G3 today, then G2 on both Wednesday and Thursday. (Geomagnetic storms are rated on a scale of G1, or minor, to G5, or extreme — the May 10 aurora spectacle occurred during a G5 storm.)
When those energized particles hit our magnetic field, they fluoresce and create the aurora. So if we're lucky, the aurora will light up brighter than normal and farther south than normal.
But just because the CMEs are headed our way doesn't mean we'll definitely have a spectacular northern lights show. The timing of their arrival is unknown, and they very well may arrive during daylight hours. Plus, the stars need to align — and by stars we mean the CMEs and the Earth's magnetic field. If they're not aligned quite right, then we won't see an extraordinary northern lights show in the northern U.S.
So, all this to say, you'll have to sit tight!
To see them, you'll want to get away from as much light pollution as possible, and you'll want to get somewhere where you have clear sightlines north — the northern lights will likely appear towards the horizon, not directly overhead (unless the storm gets really strong). Then keep an eye on sources like the SWPC's 30-minute aurora forecast to see predictions for auroral activity.
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