The display could be visible tonight in England, Wales and Scotland
The Met Office has issued a new space weather forecast saying the Northern Lights could be visible again in parts of the UK on Monday night, May 20. The lights put on a spectacular display earlier this month, visible across almost the whole of the country with shimmering green and pink waves in the night sky.
During periods of high solar activity, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, the Northern Lights can be more vivid and can be seen at lower latitudes. The Met Office says there is a chance of G1 and G2 storms - the scale went all the way up to G5 for the spectacular displays earlier this month.
"A large filament lift-off from the southern hemisphere that began around 18/2200UTC has been modelled as missing below Earth orbit. Another large filament eruption observed in the northwest is yet to be analysed for any potential Earth-directed component, but given its location, this is probably unlikely. Otherwise, no Earth-directed CMEs were observed in the past 24 hours."
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