A pair of solar flares is headed toward Earth and could touch off a magnificent show of auroras Tuesday evening and overnight across Minnesota.

Potential for a good light show Tuesday night

If things align properly, we could be in for a good light show across much of the region Tuesday evening and overnight.

A few coronal mass ejections (CMEs) or solar flares left the sun’s surface Monday and early Tuesday morning and are flying toward Earth. It could become a rare “cannibal CME.” This occurs when two (or more) of these storm clouds merge into one large one.

The latest flare early Tuesday came from sunspot 4274:

This last happened on April 15, creating brilliant shows visible far south. We forecast the potential intensity of a solar storm by the KP index.

Below is a map of how far so

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