{"id":188672,"date":"2025-12-12T22:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/188672\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T22:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:18:10","slug":"these-states-may-observe-aurora-borealis-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/188672\/","title":{"rendered":"These States May Observe Aurora Borealis Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a dozen states across the northern U.S. may have an opportunity to observe the northern lights on Friday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. <\/p>\n<p>Auroral activity is expected to calm through the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Getty ImagesKey Facts<\/p>\n<p>NOAA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental\" aria-label=\"forecast\">forecast<\/a> a Kp index of four on a scale of nine for Friday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/content\/tips-viewing-aurora\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/content\/tips-viewing-aurora\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/content\/tips-viewing-aurora\" aria-label=\"suggesting\">suggesting<\/a> the northern lights will be \u201cbrighter\u201d and more active for those in the right areas. <\/p>\n<p>Less active auroral activity is expected through the weekend, according to NOAA\u2019s three-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/3-day-forecast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/3-day-forecast\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/3-day-forecast\" aria-label=\"forecast\">forecast<\/a>, with a maximum Kp index of just over three and two forecast for Saturday and Sunday, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Where Will The Northern Lights Be Visible Friday?<\/p>\n<p>Alaska and northern Canada will have the highest chance of seeing aurora borealis, according to NOAA\u2019s view line. A lesser, yet still possible opportunity is expected in parts of Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Maine. (See view line below.)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline Nearly a dozen states across the northern U.S. may have an opportunity to observe the northern lights&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[4286,4287,4288,4340,61,60,4284,4285,82,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-188672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-aurora","9":"tag-aurora-borealis","10":"tag-aurora-borealis-forecast","11":"tag-aurora-forecast","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-northern-lights","15":"tag-northern-lights-forecast","16":"tag-science","17":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}