The northern lights may be visible in the northernmost states, from Washington and Idaho to New York and Maine.
, may be spotted in some northern states near the border with Canada, with a maximum forecast geomagnetic activity rating of around five out of a possible nine on the Kp index from about 3 to 9 p.m. UT, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 's The Kp index measures disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic field, and Kp values of five or greater indicate “storm-level geomagnetic activity,” NOAA notes.
According to a map published by NOAA, viewers may catch a glimpse of the northern lights in parts of Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The bright green hue on the map indicates the areas where the northern lights could appear directly overhead. The red portions highlight where the“In these collisions, the electrons transfer their energy to the atmosphere thus exciting the atoms and molecules to higher energy states. When they relax back down to lower energy states, they release their energy in the form of light,” says NOAA. The northern lights typically form from around 80 to 500 kilometers above the Earth’s surface. But they can be seen from as much as 1,000 kilometers away “when the aurora is bright and if conditions are right,” says NOAA. The Earth’s magnetic field “guides the electrons such that the aurora forms two ovals approximately centered at the magnetic poles.” These ovals expand away from the poles during major geomagnetic storms and the northern lights can be seen over most of the U.S.weather activity increases, the aurora extends toward the equators and during large space weather events,"the aurora can be observed as far south as the U.S., Europe, and Asia," according to, statistically, are March and September. The best times to be looking are around midnight, but sometimes when the Sun is super active, it can happen any time from sunset to sunrise,” explainsthat “when the Sun is most active, space weather events become more frequent” and solar activity “has led to increased aurora visibility.”
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