HARTFORD, Conn — Mother Nature may be providing her own, rare, holiday light show for Connecticut!
Connecticut is on the edge of visibility for a Northern Lights show tonight and tomorrow night (if the weather stays clear).
Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued "Geomagnetic Storm Watches" following a Coronal Mass Emission (CME) on Monday. NOAA said the CME would hit Earth on December 9th and could last through the 11th.
But what does that mean for Connecticut? What time should you look up to the sky?
Well, that's a little harder to predict.
"While SWPC forecasters are fairly confident in CME arrival at Earth, timing and geomagnetic storm intensity are less certain," said NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.
The National Weather Service out of Cleveland provided a handy map, saying in a tweet that the yellow line is the furthest south someone would be able to see this space weather event.
Connecticut just meets that line so let's not discount our chances just yet!
If you want to track when the aurora may appear the brightest, check out NOAA's Aurora Prediction video.
NOAA also has tips for people when trying to see the Northern Lights as well as some more information on what it is you're actually looking at.