Over this past weekend, a story made the rounds that was predicting 'widespread' and 'brilliant' Northern Lights several days away for much of Canada and the northern U.S. Here's what it got wrong. FOX13
The aurora borealis could be seen on the North horizon in the night sky over Wolf Lake in the Cloquet State Forest in Minnesota around midnight on Saturday morning. The KP index was high in the early morning hours of Saturday September 28, 2019 whichThe Aurora Borealis has long been known as one of the most spectacular sights on the planet, but it's also one of the most elusive. Despite what it may look like, the Northern Lights are NOT weather.
In my opinion, you should be VERY skeptical of an aurora forecast of any kind, especially when that forecast discusses a period more than 36 hours away. This is because the specifics of how coronal mass ejections or solar storms work is a relatively new science. The sunspot activity is on the upswing and is likely to peak sometime in late 2024 or 2025. But this peak is already stronger than the last one, which means we have more sunspots than we've seen in almost 20 years. This will quite likely give us the best opportunity to see the Northern Lights across much of the U.S. in the last couple of decades. That doesn't mean it will happen, but the chances are much higher than they have been in a while.
Try to get an unobstructed view of the northern horizon. A strong CME could make the aurora appear more overhead. But it is far more likely that many of us will only be able to see them lower than 30 degrees above the northern horizon.
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