If a trip to Iceland isn’t in the cards for you anytime soon, it’s a good thing you don’t have to travel all the way there to see the Northern Lights . Instead, you might be able to catch them in your backyard!
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) aurora forecast , some states may be in view line of some geomagnetic activity happening tonight.
This online forecast uses the OVATION model, measuring Kp (geomagnetic activity) between 6pm and 6am US Central Time to predict the likelihood of aurora and its intensity and location.
According to the key, the areas of red are the most intense likelihood of aurora, then green. Although tonight’s forecast doesn’t show the state of New York in the most intense area of Northern Lights activity, it’s still within the view line (representing the southern-most locations in range to view the phenomenon), making it possible for New Yorkers to catch glimpses of the aurora on the northern horizon tonight…