The stunning phenomena will be visible Thursday and Friday night
Brits in northern parts of the UK are set to be treated to an incredible celestial display tonight as the Met Office says the Northern Lights is expected to light up the night sky. According to the meteorologists, the stunning phenomena will be visible Thursday and Friday night this week - providing skies remain clear.
Krista Hammond, of the Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre, said that "minor solar storms” will be “possible” this evening and Friday night. "Which means aurora sightings would be possible in northern Scotland under clear skies," she added.However, she explained that "as this is a fairly minor solar storm", the auroras "aren't expected to be visible much further south on this occasion.
Commenting on the event, Daniel Verscharen, associate professor in space plasma physics at University College London, said: "Coronal holes are regions from where fast solar wind is launched into space. Fast solar wind has speeds of about 700 or 800km per second and is thus almost twice as fast as the average solar wind.
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