Strong geomagnetic storm increases chance for aurora over Maryland

The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a "severe geomagnetic storm watch" for Tuesday evening.

Space Weather Prediction Center

This means an increased chance for impacts to Earth, including a chance for the Aurora/Northern Lights to be seen farther south. According to the Space Weather Prediction Center, Aurora could potentially be seen as far south as Alabama to northern California.

Here's the late Tuesday through early Wednesday from the University of Alaska:

University of Alaska

Areas highlighted in the white and/or green have the highest chance for seeing Northern Lights overhead. According to this forecast, that could include some areas of northern Maryland. Areas north of the green line could see some faint Aurora closer to the horizon. That area includes most of our sta