Northern Lights may be visible near Iowa
Northern Lights may be visible near Iowa
6:14 am
March 21, 2019
If you look at the map below, provided by NOAA, the areas between Kp=7 and Kp-5 (yellow and green lines) have the best chance to view this spectacular sight.
More:
https://kwwl.com/weather/schnacks-weather-blog/2019/03/21/northern-lights-may-be-visible-near-iowa/
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Geomagnetic storm could make northern lights visible starting Friday
by AnnMarie Kent
Thursday, March 21st 2019
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — (WPBN/WGTU) -- The skies should be clear and the lights could be dancing starting Friday, March 22, 2019.
A solar flare on the surface of the sun Wednesday could produce a geomagnetic storm visible in the skies over northern Michigan this weekend.
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Saturday night the kp index, a scale that predicts geomagnetic activity, is predicted to between 5 and 6.
A kp of 4 is needed to see the northern lights in northern Michigan.
https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/geomagnetic-storm-could-make-northern-lights-visible-this-weekend
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Northern lights to be visible in the UK THIS WEEKEND as massive solar storm strikes
NORTHERN lights could be visible in the UK THIS WEEKEND thanks to a huge solar flare which was pointed towards Earth.
By SEAN MARTIN
PUBLISHED: 16:55, Thu, Mar 21, 2019 | UPDATED: 18:46, Thu, Mar 21, 2019
The powerful solar flare was released from the sun, and Earth is caught in its crosshairs. Earth is in line with the solar flare and our planet is set to be hammered by the solar storm on Saturday, March 23. The powerful storm has been classed as a G-2, which has the potential to cause a ‘brown out’ for radio frequencies – making radio communication much more difficult – and can also cause power outages in high-latitude areas.
However, as it is so powerful, parts of the UK could be treated to northern lights, otherwise known as aurora borealis.
Northern lights are usually restricted to the Arctic Circle, but as this one is more powerful than usual, we may be able to see it in our corner of the globe.
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1103504/northern-lights-UK-solar-storm-space-weather-forecast-met-office
