Two geomagnetic storms may push the aurora borealis farther south into some northern-tier U.S. states.
may be seen overnight on Thursday, Nov. 28 — Thanksgiving in North America — and early on Friday, Nov. 29 from northern-tier U.S. states after space weather forecasters predicted two successive geomagnetic storms.
According to experts, aurora displays may be seen as low as New York to Wisconsin to Washington state. Clear skies will be required to have any chance of seeing the potential display. It’s the result of a coronal mass ejection — a cloud of charged particles hurled in Earth’s direction from the sun — in the wake of a M9.4-class solar flare on Monday, Nov. 25.that a G1 geomagnetic storm will strike Earth between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. EST on Thursday and strengthen to a G2 geomagnetic storm between 10 p.m. EST on Thursday and 1:00 a.m. EST on Friday.
According to NOAA, G1 storms can be seen from Washington, northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Maine, while G2 storms from New York and central Idaho.The potential displays of aurora borealis tonight have a predicted maximum Kp index of 5.67, which provides a rough guide to their intensity. The Kp Index has a scale of 1 to 9; the higher the number, the farther south the aurora can be seen.According to NOAA, 5.
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