The northern lights could be visible in Northern Illinois Monday night — so long as conditions are right.
NOAA’s Storm Weather Prediction Center issued a geomagnetic storm watch from Monday through Wednesday, alerting of a potential G3 solar storm on Tuesday. Space weather forecasters said the watch was issued after solar activity was elevated through the weekend with multiple solar flares and associated coronal mass ejections . These CMEs create the dazzling northern lights.
There is a lot less darkness in the summer. The sun generally needs to be at least 15 degrees below the horizon to get past what's considered to be nautical twilight. So, you have roughly six hours total of pitch-black to be able to see them.
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