Another round of northern lights is possible on Thursday night.The storms can drive the aurora further south from its usual position over the polar region.NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm watch into Thursday.If you don’t happen to live in any of the areas where the Aurora Borealis might appear, don’t worry! has a live camera on the skies of Manitoba, Canada, that runs 24 hours a day. Then, face the northern horizon (use a compass app on your phone to easily orient yourself) and look for a green band of light that may look like it’s flickering or dancing like fire.ĪP Photo/Gregorio Borgia Watch A Livestream Of The Northern Lights
on March 31.įor the best views of the Northern Lights, you will want to go somewhere with dark conditions, away from the light pollution of populated areas. Eastern on March 30 and runs through 1 a.m. The best time to go out and look for the Aurora Borealis starts at 10 p.m. Check out the NWS clip below for more details. The storm could push the Aurora Borealis closer to the equator than usual, making it visible to people in northern states including Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin and Vermont. In a YouTube video shared by the National Weather Service branch in Riverton, Wyoming, the reaction between this CME and the ionosphere warranted a strong geomagnetic storm watch. Basically, the power of the Northern Lights is being cranked up for a night. When these storms hit the area of the atmosphere called the ionosphere (which contains electrical fields that cause the lights of Aurora Borealis), conditions can change enough to affect the strength and reach of the Northern Lights. These CMEs happen often and cause geomagnetic storms which often occur without us noticing. On March 28, the sun released a Coronal Mass Ejection or CME, which is a large mass of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun‘s corona, according to NOAA. What Is Causing This Augmented Aurora Borealis Tonight? Don’t worry! We’re going to translate all those letters and numbers for you. So, that’s not exactly the snappiest tweet ever posted. The greatest expected 3 hr Kp for Mar 29-is 6 (NOAA Scale G2). Word first got out about the potential for an Aurora Borealis sighting on March 28 after a tweet from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center. will be able to see the Northern Lights with the naked eye. However, thanks to some major activity going on with the sun, the lights may stretch far enough that many Americans in the continental U.S. In the U.S., Alaska is basically the only state where you can regularly get a view of it.
Typically, the Aurora Borealis is only seen in the northernmost regions of the planet, including Canada, Iceland and Norway. starting late on Wednesday, March 30, and into the early hours of Thursday, March 31.
Look up in the night sky tonight and you just might catch a glimpse of something spectacular: the Aurora Borealis!Īlso known as the Northern Lights, the Aurora Borealis may make an appearance in the northern part of the U.S.
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