ITV Meteorologist Chris Page, explains how the whole UK could be lucky enough to see the Aurora Borealis this weekend after an intense solar storm
For the first time since January 2005, the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center in America has issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch.
A sunspot, an area of high solar activity, 16 times wider than Earth, has a number of solar flares and complex Coronal Mass Ejections which are currently hurtling towards planet Earth. It's due to arrive Friday night but may continue to be seen Saturday night too. Intense geomagnetic storms can potentially disrupt communication systems, the power grid, navigation tools, radio transmissions, and satellite operations, both in near-Earth orbit and on the Earth's surface.The Aurora is most common in the winter months when the nights are longer, so the shorter nights will mean you have got a late night ahead.The aurora is drawn towards the polar regions of the Earth.
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