Northern Lights Alert: 10 States Enter Aurora ‘Strike Zone’ On Friday

NOAA's aurora viewline forecast for overnight on Friday-Saturday, May 15-16, 2026. NOAA In the wake of last night’s display , the northern lights may be visible this Friday night in northern U.S. states and Canada after forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted a G1 geomagnetic storm may strike overnight.

Northern Lights Alert: 10 States Enter Aurora ‘Strike Zone’ On Friday. NOAA's aurora viewline forecast for overnight on Friday-Saturday, May 15-16, 2026. NOAA In the wake of last night’s display , the northern lights may be visible this Friday night in northern U.S. states and Canada after forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted a G1 geomagnetic storm may strike overnight. With a new moon on Saturday, May 16, the sky will be free from moonlight, allowing faint aurora to be seen. Northern Lights Alert: Coronal Hole It comes in the wake of a coronal hole — a gap in the sun’s corona, its outer atmosphere — which is causing fast-moving solar wind to escape. That turbulence is directed toward Earth, which could spark a geomagnetic storm as charged particles interact with Earth’s magnetic field. They then ac...