Northern Lights could make appearance in Pacific NW skies overnight Monday
PORTLAND, Ore. — Keep your eyes on the skies, as a geomagnetic storm could bring the Aurora Borealis as far south as Oregon on Monday night into Tuesday morning.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said a G4 Geomagnetic Storm Watch is in effect from late January 19 into January 20.
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They say a coronal mass ejection from the sun is set to arrive in the earth’s atmosphere, potentially causing a geomagnetic storm.
Forecasters and NOAA officials say people hoping to see the Northern Lights could be in luck, as the potential storm is met with clear skies in the Pacific Northwest.
That’s in part thanks to a high pressure system that is expected to stay in the region for several more days.
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You can track the latest on the NOAA website, where they will continue to update any developments in the predicted geomagnetic storm.
They say the aurora could reach farther south, to the central United States and Northern California, if the storm hits G4 levels again this evening.
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