NOAA said the solar storm will persist throughout the weekend, offering another chance for many to catch the Northern Lights on Saturday night.
The Northern lights fill the sky at the Bogus Basin ski resort on Saturday, May 11, 2024 in Boise, Idaho. put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications and satellite positioning systems. Friday’s solar storm pushed the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, much further south than normal.
An unusually strong solar storm hit Earth. The sun has produced strong solar flares since Wednesday, resulting in at least seven outbursts of plasma. Each eruption — known as a coronal mass ejection — can contain billions of tons of plasma and magnetic field from the sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon.
Will we be able to see them in Dallas, Fort Worth or anywhere in Texas? Though some people in the South did report glimpse on Friday night into Saturday morning, none appeared to be in Texas. According to NOAA, it’s hard to predict who might get the visual treat.Experts also said it would not be the dramatic curtains of color normally associated with the northern lights, but more like splashes of greenish hues.
The Miami office of the National Weather Service confirmed sightings in the Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers, Florida, areas. Meteorologist Nick Carr said another forecaster who lives near Fort Lauderdale photographed the lights and was familiar with them because he previously lived in Alaska. People in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and other Midwestern states were able to capture photos of bright colors along the horizon.Will Dallas and other Texas cities see northern lights? Strong solar storm hitting EarthTarget displaying a little less Pride merch in 2024
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