Northern light show possible Saturday night
The Northern lights could be visible in the skies on Saturday night, according to Accuweather.
"A solar flare that occurred around 2 a.m. Thursday morning may create a spectacular display of northern lights Saturday evening," according to a statement.
Michigan is just one state of many from New York to the west that has a chance of seeing the aurora borealis, Accuweather says.
However, viewing conditions in Michigan also are forecast as just "fair."
The light show could start at 8 p.m., or as late as 3 a.m. Sunday.
"The flare is also expected to cause vibrant northern lights from the Arctic as far south as New York, the Dakotas, Washington and Michigan, with a smaller possibility of it going into Pennsylvania and Iowa, even Kansas," the statement said.
Comments
Karen
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 : 1:36 p.m.
It would be really nice to have articles like this in my email box BEFORE the event happens.... Telling me that there may be northern lights Saturday night, on Sunday morning simply frustrates me. Same for your weather reports!
Kyle Mattson
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 : 1:20 p.m.
Hi Karen- As noted by arborani the headline went up at 6pm and there is no daily email that is sent in the 12 hour time-block between the time it first went up and when it was automatically pulled into the next morning's email. It was at the top of our homepage for most of that evening though. Although we would have liked to get this up sooner, due to the nature of news reporting other stories often take priority.
M-Wolverine
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 : 1:03 p.m.
Yeah, but the email link to the article came at 6 am Sunday....
arborani
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 : 4:45 p.m.
Actually the item was posted Saturday evening, 6 pm. Still 'way too late for many people's plans. (Anyway, weather made it all moot.)
mermaid72
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 : 2:20 p.m.
Oh, I thought they were referring to NEXT Sat. or Sun.!
Ross
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 : 4:29 a.m.
Light pollution and clouds = no go. Still not in range anyway, per this forecasting tool. http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/
brian
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 : 3:05 a.m.
Wish I was up north. I hate light pollution.
music to my ear
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 : 1:47 a.m.
I hope it is more like 8 pm, I really dont like late dates with the norhern lights.
tdw
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 : 10:25 p.m.
Darn clouds