After solar flare, could we see the northern lights on Monday?

(NEXSTAR) – As predicted, a weekend solar flare may soon reach Earth, potentially giving you the chance to see the northern lights on Monday — if conditions hold.

On Saturday, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued two geomagnetic storm watches — one each for Monday and Tuesday — in response to an M1.8 solar flare that erupted on the Sun. A subsequent coronal mass ejection, or CME, was associated with the flare.

When a CME interacts with Earth’s atmosphere, and conditions are right, we get to see the northern lights.

The SWPC’s current forecasting suggests conditions could strengthen through the morning, peaking into the early afternoon.........

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