{"id":125450,"date":"2025-09-01T18:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/125450\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:40:08","slug":"northern-lights-possible-in-midwest-northern-us-on-labor-day-after-blast-from-sun-triggers-geomagnetic-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/125450\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern lights possible in Midwest, Northern US on Labor Day after blast from Sun triggers geomagnetic storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FILE: A photographer near Varna, Illinois captured the Northern Lights during a geomagnetic storm on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.<\/p>\n

An eruption of charged material from the Sun will create vivid displays of Northern Lights as far south as the Midwest on Labor Day, according to NOAA\u2019s Space Weather<\/a> Prediction Center.<\/p>\n

A solar event known as a full-halo coronal mass ejection<\/a> (CME) was seen by NOAA and NASA satellites erupting from the Sun on Saturday, prompting the SWPC to issue a Geomagnetic Storm Watch<\/a> through Tuesday. This charged energy from the Sun is traveling at 2 million mph through space and will likely reach Earth beginning Monday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Unlike a regular CME, which departs from one area, halo CME emissions appear as a ring on a coronagraph image. According to the SWPC, full halo CMEs from the front side of the Sun, like the one observed on Saturday, almost always result in geomagnetic storms on Earth.<\/p>\n

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FILE: Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) illuminate the sky in Alaska’s Eklutna Tailrace, United States on March 09, 2025.<\/p>\n

(Hasan Akbas \/ Anadolu \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

These types of CMES can cause disruptions to technology, including the power grid, satellite operations and GPS. The SWPC has informed infrastructure operators of the impending geomagnetic storm.<\/p>\n

When will impacts from the CME arrive to Earth?<\/p>\n

The SWPC forecasts impacts from the CME will interact with Earth\u2019s atmosphere<\/a> between Monday night and Tuesday morning East Coast time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The leading edge of the CME, called the shock front, will arrive first, leading to Level 1 and 2 (out of 5) geomagnetic storming late Monday. Hours later, the magnetic core of the CME will arrive with strong Level 3, and possibly, severe Level 4 storming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Early Tuesday, the greatest Kp levels are forecast to reach 6.67 out of 9 on NOAA’s geomagnetic storm scale<\/a>. The higher the KP value, the farther south the lights will appear. If the KP level reaches 7, lights will appear as far south as Wyoming<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Moderate Level 2 geomagnetic storming is likely Monday night with strong Level 3 conditions likely into Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Under the current forecast, aurora lights will be best viewed in the early hours of Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

Aurora cloud cover forecast.
(FOX Weather)
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To view the aurora lights, it’s best to move away from city lights and other light pollution sources. A clear sky is also essential to view these sometimes faint dancing lights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The FOX Forecast Center is tracking good conditions for many areas across the Northeast<\/a>, Great Lakes and Northwest. Cloud cover will be moderate in the farthest corners of the country, including in Seattle<\/a> and Caribou<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even if you can’t see the Northern Lights with the naked eye, use your smartphone’s night mode or take high-exposure photos on a camera to capture some faint lights. Using a tripod will help steady your camera and capture the clearest aurora images.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE: A photographer near Varna, Illinois captured the Northern Lights during a geomagnetic storm on Tuesday, March 25,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-125450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}