NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center reports a strong magnetic storm is forecast to arrive Monday.
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Last night, residents of northern states such as Michigan, New York and Montana were able to see the northern lights.
The Weather Channels’ website, Weather.com, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a mild G1 solar storm warning, adding a stronger G3 storm is possible. Aurora Borealis and the Plough from Slemish. But to see the aurora you need to have clear, dark skies so wait at least one hour after sunset.
Photo of the northern lights from the Northern Lights Centre. These coronal holes give rise to high speed solar wind streams that buffet the Earth, disturbing the Earth’s magnetic field.
Peter, a salesman from Hartlepool, had been to Iceland to photograph the Northern Lights, but said seeing them from the air was even more incredible.
And if you don’t see aurora, Accuweather says you might catch a pretty cool consolation prize: the Taurids meteor shower is going on now.
Best viewing will be mid to late evening, and for a few hours after midnight.
Below is a spectacular view of Northern Lights over Mount Kirkjufell, Iceland.
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Ali McLean, of specialist travel company The Aurora Zone, says: “Such activity in the United Kingdom is rare and normally the sun is only sufficiently active to create a zone in Northern Scandinavia between approximately 66 and 69 degrees latitude where the Northern Lights appear most frequently”. The first half of night is the best time to see the event happen, according to AccuWeather, with those in darker areas having a better chance than others in bright cities.
