There will be a large geomagnetic storm that will attack the Earth on Wednesday night, and the most recent estimate from the United Kingdom Met Office indicates that the northern lights will stretch as far south as England. A significant geomagnetic storm will strike the Earth.
Astronomers anticipate that the aurora borealis will be visible across the entire country of the United States as a result of a coronal mass ejection (CME), which is a plasma plume that the sun produces. It is expected that this plume will be visible from New York as well as other states located in the northern region of the United States.
The Met Office’s space weather prediction indicates that the celestial display will last from Tuesday evening until Wednesday night at midnight. Regrettably, it is possible that conditions in a number of locations in the United Kingdom will not be ideal during this time period.
According to the forecasting agency, “a coronal mass ejection is likely to arrive early on the 24th of July, giving a peak chance of strong geomagnetic storm (G3) conditions.”
Despite the fact that the moon is almost completely full and there are just a few hours of darkness, it is feasible that this might result in auroral displays that are visible all the way down to Northern Ireland, northern England, and other geomagnetic latitudes that are equivalent.
If you want to see the northern lights, the best time to do so is when the sky is absolutely devoid of clouds and the sky is completely black. This is the advice that the Met Office has given.
There is a significant likelihood that clouds will cover a significant section of the United Kingdom on Wednesday evening, according to the most recent estimates. On the other hand, circumstances will be far more favorable in a number of places in the United States and Canada that are inside the visual range of the northern lights.
“Ideally, the lights will be best viewed away from any light pollution; in remote areas facing the northern horizon, north-facing coasts produce some of the best viewing locations,” the United Kingdom’s meteorological agency notes on its website. “The best viewing locations are those that face north.”
The northern lights are most likely to be seen in Northern Ireland, Scotland, North England, and North Wales. Northern Ireland is also inside the realm of Northern Ireland. The lights, on the other hand, are visible over the entirety of the United Kingdom when space weather conditions are particularly severe.
According to Tamitha Skov, an expert in space weather, it is impossible to correctly anticipate the specific moment when the northern lights will appear. This is due to the fact that there is “slow solar wind ‘traffic’ and an additional glancing storm blowing ahead of [the CME].”
He continued by saying that it is entirely possible that the impacts of the solar storm will be “fashionably late.” This was the conclusion that the scientist reached.