A “severe” solar storm is expected to reach Earth any time from late morning to Sunday evening Eastern time, according to NOAA.

The aurora's are back! And may be visible throughout the weekend. The University of Alaska and NOAA track auroras using the Kp-index , a global auroral activity indicator which has a scale from 0 to 9. It measures the fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, tied to specific geographic locations.

The Northern Lights may be visible in the Tri-State area due to a G4 geomagnetic storm caused by a CME from the sun.

The SWPC is forecasting the storm to remain Kp ≥7 between sunset on Sunday and 2 am Monday, which would be ideal for our chances to see Auroras in NCWV

NOAA’s aurora borealis predictor puts much of the Bay State below the view line for the natural light show Sunday night.

The impact is expected to spark a severe (G4-class) geomagnetic storm, raising the possibility of dazzling auroras visible across much of Europe and numerous US. states — potentially making it one of the most significant space weather events of Solar Cycle 25 if the storm reaches its predicted intensity.

The last time the Northern Lights were visible in Jacksonville prior to the events in 2024 was March 13, 1989. Prior to that, a display was recorded during the “Aurora Blitz” of September 1941. Globally, the last storm of this magnitude occurred in October 2003, during the infamous Halloween Solar Event.

This possibility is being prompted by a G4 geomagnetic storm that came from a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun that hit Earth early Sunday morning.

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