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Dazzling Northern Lights Anticipated TonightBy Samantha-Rae Tuthill, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
April 13, 2013; 6:11 AM
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The flare is also expected to cause vibrant northern lights from the Arctic as far south as New York, the Dakotas, Washington and Michigan, with a smaller possibility of it going into Pennsylvania and Iowa, even Kansas. The lights are currently estimated for 8 p.m. EDT Saturday arrival, with a possible deviation of up to seven hours. If the radiation hits much after dark settles on the East Coast the lights may be missed and will instead only be visible for the West.
Viewing conditions will be best in the mid-Atlantic, specifically for parts of Pennsylvania and the Delmarva. Most of the country will have poor to fair views as a result of cloud cover, with areas further south not experiencing the aurora at all. A pocket of fair conditions sits over parts of Oregon into Washington and southern Idaho. A swath of partly cloudy conditions will also spread over a section of the Ohio Valley for parts of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. Ohio will experience fair to good viewing conditions. For the rest of the country conditions will be poor.
The northern lights may also be visible for parts of northern Europe, including Scandinavia, most of Russia and the British Isles, and as far south as the northern parts of Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia and Estonia. Unfortunately, many of those areas will be experiencing a good deal of cloud coverage.
The southern lights may reach a very small portion of Australia, including Tasmania and the southern coast of Victoria. Most of New Zealand's South Island is in range for the aurora.
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haikugal
(6,476 posts)I've had the pleasure once years ago...fingers crossed!
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Of course, it's cloudy here.
Maybe I'll step out later anyway.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)for as far as the eye can see.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)alsame
(7,784 posts)see a bit of the lights.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)windy, so I'm hoping.
alsame
(7,784 posts)I'm hoping too. Good luck!
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)I'll have to check later on to see if they're visible. Pretty cool!
Ruby the Liberal
(26,216 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,216 posts)Saw them once from a plane, while flying into Minneapolis St Paul at night. Truly an unbelievably beautiful sight.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)loved to though, I am sure they are amazing. Oh well, we'll see some photos I am sure. Lucky you btw.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)alsame
(7,784 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,216 posts)And no indication of how long they are going to last. If it comes earlier, we here on the east coast will miss them.
I'll go check out GLP & ATS and some other doomer prep sites. There are people who frequent those sites that monitor this sun-doom stuff 24/7 with their faraday cages ready to go.
If I see any time projections, I'll respond in a new post so you see it.
alsame
(7,784 posts)copy for me from the link, only from your post
Ruby the Liberal
(26,216 posts)and copied the link from there. Chrome user - and that always seems to work best for me.
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)Due to the lights
Initech
(99,909 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)and they should be good . We're heading out of town after dark. This is probably the last month we'll be able to see them good this year until the fall. It's getting too light.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I went to college near the Canadian border and saw the Northern Lights a few times. They were beautiful!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)Because they will be obscured by clouds and SNOW.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)This time I won't as I'm in the not visible range.