The agency expects a minor or greater geomagnetic storm—a disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field—on Saturday, which increases the likelihood of northern lights displays being visible to more people, as the effects of a recent coronal mass ejection reach Earth, according to NOAA’s three-day forecast.
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The effects of a coronal mass ejection—a bubble of plasma that bursts from the sun’s surface—will likely impact Earth’s magnetic field on Saturday, bringing the northern lights to several northern U.S. states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.
"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.
The colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to a wide swath of Americans Friday night due to an impending solar storm forecast to reach Earth.
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"Once again, the temperature record has been shattered — 2024 was the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880."
The colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to South Dakotans Friday night due to an impending solar storm forecast to reach Earth.
For Toledo, 2024 was unofficially the warmest year on record, because missing data from August and December meant the National Weather Service couldn’t technically crown the past year. However, the First Alert Weather team used nearby data to fill in the gaps. As for the entire planet, NASA’s findings were very similar.