Northern Lights Forecast for Monday Night.

Another chance to see the Northern Lights Tonight as another powerful solar flare hits the earths magnetic field.

The Met Office says the Northern Lights could be visible from North Wales this evening. Forecasters said the combination of clear skies and "Aurora activity" could bring the lights into view.

Met Office spokesperson Andrea Bishop said: “Aurora activity is expected to peak on Monday following the forecast arrival of a coronal mass ejection.”

The powerful X 4.2 solar flare was ejected by the sun on Thursday and is forecast to hit the earths magnetic field around 6pm this evening (16th September)

The effects of the impact of charged particles into the earths magnetic field are still expected to continue throughout Monday night and early Tuesday morning, meaning that aurora is likely to be visible where skies are clear from Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as parts of England and Wales.

The Northern Lights are best seen in remote, open areas with views of the northern horizon, and are unlikely to be visible until it gets very dark. The colourful displays are created when charged particles collide with gases in the Earth's atmosphere around the magnetic poles, emitting light at various wavelengths.

September is set to be a month of space events visible from the back garden.

Tuesday Night will see a blood red supermoon and partial lunar eclipse as well as a close approach of an asteroid NASA says is the size of a football field and will be visible with a small telescope or binoculars.

Later this month the earth will gain a second moon for two months as a small asteroid is forecast to be captured by earths gravity.

Then as September comes to close a comet is set to shine bright as it passes through the solar system visible to the naked eye with predictions it could be as bright as the visit by Haley’s Comet that was visible in the daytime also.

These will all be visible across the local area depending on cloud cover.


Photo Credit Becx Carter

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