Minnesotans may get another shot at northern lights
After a stunning northern lights show Tuesday night, Minnesotans may get another chance to spot them on Wednesday.
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After a stunning northern lights show Tuesday night, Minnesotans may get another chance to spot them on Wednesday.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Tuesday night.
The night sky over a northern Minnesota lake was bright with the northern lights on Sunday night.
WCCO meteorologist Mike Augustyniak shares a preview of what parts of the country could see northern lights popping off overnight going into Wednesday morning. Hint: Minnesota is one of the areas that has a legitimate shot.
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A large swath of the far-northern United States may have the opportunity to ring in the new year with some dazzling northern lights, but cloud cover will likely spoil the show for Minnesota and Wisconsin skygazers.
Minnesota saw a beautiful northern lights show on Thursday night thanks to a geomagnetic storm that will continue on Friday.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Thursday night due to the arrival of a severe geomagnetic storm.
Many Minnesotans were treated to a magnificent showcase of the northern lights on Sunday and overnight Monday.
The northern lights could dazzle millions of Americans in some northern states this weekend.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Monday night.
Minnesotans might have a chance to see the northern lights this week. Thursday looks to be the greatest chance in the latest forecast.
Many Minnesotans saw the northern lights and a meteor shower on Sunday night. NEXT Weather meteorologist Lisa Meadows shares some of your incredible images, and the chances of seeing anything on Monday evening.
Minnesotans, consider this your aurora borealis alert. The northern lights could potentially light up the sky early this week, but there's still uncertainty in the forecast.
Meteorologist Lisa Meadows has the latest on the possibility of northern lights, or the aurora borealis, in Minnesota early this week. The best viewing time, at the latest check, is in the early morning hours Tuesday before sunrise.
Millions of Americans looked to the night sky and snapped magical photos and videos of the northern lights this past weekend during the momentous geomagnetic storm.
From Seattle in the Northwest, to across the world in Spain, and right back in Minnesota, the human collective looked north for a few nights as a massive light show performed for one of its largest audiences ever.
NOAA space-weather forecasters track coronal holes in an effort to forecast the solar wind, but those holes can interact in unpredictable ways. To make things even more complicated, the sun rotates every 27 days, turning the solar wind into a complex spiral of high and low speeds.
Minnesotans may be treated to more northern lights this weekend from the strongest solar storm our planet has experienced in 20 years.
People from the United States and Canada to the United Kingdom, Poland, parts of China and Russia saw the northern lights this weekend.
Minnesotans may be treated to more northern lights this weekend from the strongest solar storm in 20 years.
Minnesotans may be treated to the northern lights for a second straight night on Saturday, but there will be a few more clouds in the sky.
Minnesotans were delighted by an otherworldly light show Friday night that was on a level the state hadn't seen in nearly two decades.
NOAA said people as far south as Alabama may have seen the northern lights and that the sun could expel the strongest type of solar flares over the next few days.
After a disappointing Thursday night, some Minnesotans may be able to enjoy the northern lights again late Friday.
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WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says the wind will back off tonight, but the temps plummet below average to the upper-20s.
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The winds will back off and temps are expected to plummet below average on Friday.
A cold front dropping southward will bring several changes on Thursday, including cooler temperatures.
WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says the wind will back off tonight, but the temps plummet below average to the upper-20s.
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