Could the Northern Lights be visible in Arizona tonight? There's a chance!

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This is NOAA's first severe storm watch in nearly 20 years

Here in Arizona, there is a slight chance to see them tonight, according to the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

There is even a slight chance of the auroras being possibly visible over the northern horizon in the Valley, but don't get your hopes up too much.There is a slight chance tonight according to @UAFGI out of Fairbanks, AK. Because the geomagnetic storms are severe, Americans in many of the northern states and some in the lower Midwest will likely see the aurora borealis. But lights may be seen as far south as Alabama, according to the federal agency.

CMEs are expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's corona, the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere, according to the SWPC.

 

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