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The Aurora Borealis May Be Visible Tonight In The Northern US (cnn.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the northern-states-northern-lights dept.

An anonymous reader quotes CNN:A geomagnetic storm could bring a spectacular show to skies across the northern United States on Sunday night. The Aurora Borealis phenomenon -- also known as the Northern Lights -- may be visible "as low as New York to Wisconsin to Washington State," according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center... NOAA said the best viewing times to catch the light show, clouds permitting, will be between 11 p.m. ET Sunday and 2 a.m. Monday, and again between 2 a.m. ET to 5 a.m.

2 of 42 comments (clear)

  1. It will be related to global warming somehow by Tangential · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Forget the Russians, by tomorrow there will be 'news' stories tying this to AGW somehow.

    --
    Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But then I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain
  2. Don't forget the rest of the Northern Hemisphere by Tomahawk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This isn't a US only phenomenon! Remember, guys, there's a "rest of the world" too!

    For the rest of us, this could be visible in:
    - Ireland
    - Most of the UK (Sorry London!)
    - Denmark, and the rest of the Scandinavian countries (darkness permitting)
    - The North of Netherlands, Germany, Poland, and Belarus
    - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
    - Across most of Russia as low as Moscow
    - Maybe even Northern Kazakhstan
    - All of Canada (darkness permitting)
    - As well as the North-Eastern half of the USA (From Oregon down to Kentucky, and over to Delaware).