ATLANTA — Get ready for Wednesday night. About two dozen states are forecast to see the aurora borealis, more commonly known as the northern lights.

Two coronal mass ejections have already hit the planet, but forecasters say at least one more could arrive Wednesday — and it may be the strongest of the bunch.

“We think that’s going to pack an even stronger punch than what we’ve already experienced,” said Shawn Dahl of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in a , formerly known as Twitter.

The Space Weather Prediction Center has . Forecasters say the aurora may be visible “over much of the northern half of the country and may stretch as far south as Alabama and as far west as Northern California.”

Credit: Tegna Solar Storm set to dazzle the US for one more night

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