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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – A rare G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm is creating conditions that could allow the Northern Lights to be visible tonight across parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center.
NOAA’s latest aurora forecast shows the auroral oval expanding unusually far south, placing northern and central Pennsylvania, as well as northern New Jersey, within range of potential aurora visibility. Forecast models indicate a Kp index near 7 to 8, a level that can bring auroras into the Mid-Atlantic during strong solar storms…