A Geomagnetic Storm Watch has been issued for late Monday into early Tuesday, which means Northern Lights could be visible across Michigan on Labor Day and in the skies over a large swath of the U.S. and Canada.

The Geomagnetic Storm could reach G-2, or medium levels, on Monday evening and increase to G-3 levels overnight and into early Tuesday, according to the NOAA/NWS Space Weather Prediction Center.

There’s some excitement with this storm watch that falls on a holiday weekend. It’s because this was observed to be what’s called a “full halo” coronal mass ejection. That means it was an eruption of material from the sun on Saturday that expanded outward in all directions - forming what looked be a halo around the sun as it began its journey toward Earth.

The National Weather Service ex

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