Solar Eruption May Lead to Aurora Monday Night

Northern lights ahead for USA Monday night

2:22 PM, Sep 1, 2012   |   0  comments

Photo by NASA/SDO/GSFC Eruption of the Aug. 31 solar filament responsible for the Monday geomagnetic storm

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY

A solar storm means northern lights may flare across nighttime skies of northern states, stretching from New York to Washington, say federal space weather officials.
The moderate "G2" geomagnetic storm predicted for Monday was announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center on Saturday. The storm springs from a solar outburst noted on Friday by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

More: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/article/271559/6/Northern-lights-ahead-for-USA

Sources: NASA, NOAA, USA Today, WTLV-TV 12/WJXX-TV  25 Jacksonville.

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