Are you willing to drive about 5 hours to see the Northern Lights?
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G3 level geomagnetic storm watch.
“During G3, aurora may become visible over many northern states and across the lower Midwest to Oregon,” the agency said.
For reference, the geomagnetic storm in northern Colorado where the Northern Lights will be visible in May is expected to be G4. Finally updated to G5.
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“There were several solar flares over the weekend, as well as some coronal mass ejections that appeared to be aimed at Earth,” National Weather Service operations director Mike Bettway told The Coloradan via email. “However, it currently appears that none of these phenomena are strong enough to cause auroras as far south as northern Colorado.”
To be able to see them, Betwee added, “it's likely you'd have to drive quite far north – say, Sheridan, Wyoming – and that's assuming activity increases as currently forecast.”
The National Weather Service's forecast for Sheridan calls for widespread haze before noon and a 20 percent chance of showers after 3 p.m., but skies should be mostly clear tonight.
Generally, the best time to view them “is usually within an hour or two after midnight (between 10pm and 2am local time)”.
If you can't see them with the naked eye, using your phone's camera can also help.
You can also view NOAA's 30-minute weather forecast here.
