{"id":278861,"date":"2025-11-08T07:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T07:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/278861\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T07:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T07:39:15","slug":"map-reveals-states-where-aurora-may-show-tonight-as-geomagnetic-storms-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/278861\/","title":{"rendered":"Map Reveals States Where Aurora May Show Tonight As Geomagnetic Storms Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

A natural display of solar particles is expected to illuminate the skies with a colorful display on Friday night with a “moderate-strong” geomagnetic storm expected to hit.<\/p>\n

The aurora borealis, or the northern lights, could become visible in several U.S. states according the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)\u2019s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)\u2014who have announced a geomagnetic storm watch for November 7 and 8.<\/p>\n

Several states appear above the view line for the aurora\u2014light displays created when energetic particles\u00a0from the sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere\u2014on the forecast map.<\/p>\n

The states the aurora could become visible from include Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Maine, Washington, Idaho, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and New York.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCoronal mass ejections (CME) are eruptions of solar material and strong magnetic fields. When they arrive at Earth, a geomagnetic storm can result. Watches at the G3 level are infrequent, but not uncommon,” NOAA said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Two notable CMEs erupted from the sun on 5 November, both associated with solar flare activity from Region 4273 [an active region on the sun].<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first CME is anticipated to reach Earth with a partial impact later 6 Nov on into 7 Nov. The second CME is expected to arrive on 8 Nov, with less impact, in part due to slower movement. <\/p>\n

“Actual geomagnetic responses depends upon the intensity and orientation of the embedded magnetic field. If CMEs arrive with favorable fields, the potential exists for Moderate-Strong Storm levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Aurora<\/p>\n

The aurora offers people a chance to experience space weather and can often be observed at points from Earth from just after sunset or just before sunrise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The aurora does not need to be directly overhead but can be observed from as much as 1000 km away when the aurora is bright and if conditions are right, according to the NOAA.<\/p>\n

The lights are not visible during daylight hours. <\/p>\n

Do you have a tip on a science story that\u00a0Newsweek\u00a0should be covering? Do you have a question about the aurora? Let us know via\u00a0science@newsweek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A natural display of solar particles is expected to illuminate the skies with a colorful display on Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[20743,25686,63090,25691,25685,79,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-278861","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-geomagnetic-storm","11":"tag-light","12":"tag-northern-lights","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278861","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=278861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}