Northern Lights possible Saturday Night

January 20th, 2012 at 11:55 am by Doug Higgins under Weather

If we are lucky the Northern Lights could be visible this weekend. An explosion on the sun called a CME or Coronal Mass Ejection shot high speed material at the Earth (see white arrow below). When these particles hit our atmosphere it can create the Northern Lights. Our best opportunity to see the “Lights” will be Saturday night. Sunday night we’ll be clouded over so there is no viewing opportunity then. There is a slight chance to see them with mostly clear skies Monday night. Predicting when and if the Northern Lights occur is extremely difficult, so I can’t give you a specific place or time to see them. My best advice is to keep an eye to the sky Saturday night, with any luck you’ll be in for a visual treat!