Strong solar storm could bring northern lights to western Washington this weekend

WASHINGTON STATE – Look up! There’s a chance the northern lights could be visible in western Washington this weekend. The Space Weather Prediction Center at NOAA has issued a G3 Geomagnetic Storm Watch through Sunday. The G3 designation means a strong storm is expected. This is because a pair of coronal mass ejections will hit Earth’s upper atmosphere on Saturday and Sunday.

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