The Miami Valley has had three great views of the Northern lights this year, and our next best chance could be tonight.
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The reason for that is we are currently in what we all a “solar maximum” where every 11 years the activity on the sun reaches a point where sunspots are more numerous and solar flares are more common.
A series of strong solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun arriving on Earth give us a chance the next two nights to see the Northern Lights. The exact positioning of those coronal mass ejections in terms of how it impacts our chances are a bit uncertain.
While forecast modeling is tricky, it is worth trying to take a look outside between 9pm and 3am the next two nights.