Featured photo: Photo by Elaine McInaw in Mountcharles, August 2025<\/p>\n
Donegal residents may get a chance to view the northern lights this Thursday.<\/p>\n
A G2 solar storm, which is considered a moderate strength, is forecasted by the Space Weather Prediction Centre for the night of 19th March, and is likely to weaken into the 20th.<\/p>\n
The activity follows a coronal mass ejection, or CME, which left the sun two days earlier.<\/p>\n
The UK Met Office forecasts a likely chance of aurora at higher latitudes, where skies are clear, either late on 19 March or early on 20th March.<\/p>\n
Donegal\u2019s north coast is considered one of the best places to watch for the phenomenon, thanks to its view over the Atlantic and its distance from built-up, brightly lit areas. Anyone hoping to spot the lights is advised to look north.<\/p>\n
If conditions are clear enough, the aurora may be visible to the naked eye as a pale white or greenish glow on the northern horizon.<\/p>\n
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