Slim chance for northern lights in some states due to ‘high speed stream’ from Sun

(NEXSTAR) — Some across the U.S. may again have a chance to see the northern lights Tuesday night as material hurled out by the sun reaches Earth.

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After a coronal hole high-speed stream, or CH HSS, was spotted on the sun on Friday, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center warned that lower-level geomagnetic storm conditions could appear on Earth Tuesday or Wednesday.

A fast-moving coronal mass ejection , or CME, connected to that CH HSS, which was spotted Friday, gave parts of the U.S. the chance to see the northern lights on Sunday …

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