auroras, Geomagnetic and Northern Lights
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Per NOAA, this week's aurora will be caused by a G3 geomagnetic storm, which is on the moderate side of the scale. The best time to see it will be the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 11 and the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 12, but it should hang around long enough to give a less impressive, but still largely visible show on the evening of Nov. 12 as well.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a geomagnetic storm watch due to more coronal mass ejections.
According to the NOAA's scales for the strength of a geomagnetic storm, the northern lights are visible as far south as Illinois and Oregon (around 50 degrees of latitude) for a strong storm, level 3 of 5. If the storm strengthens, that can push the aurora as far south as Alabama.
The northern lights made an appearance around Puget Sound on Tuesday evening, as a geomagnetic storm swirled across the Northern Hemisphere and dipped south of the Canadian border.
It was the first state championship game and just the third time making the state semifinals for Aurora, which will lose 14 seniors from this year’s squad.
Pacific Northwest residents got the rare chance to spot the Aurora Borealis (a.k.a. Northern lights) on Tuesday night.
Aurora Police Sgt. Matthew Schlauger was arrested on Wednesday in Aurora after an APD supervisor requested assistance from the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office.
Aurora police are looking for the family of a 2-year-old girl who was found in Aurora on Tuesday morning, agency officials said.