CLEVELAND (WJW) — A local astronomer said there’s a “good chance” Northeast Ohioans could witness an aurora, or
“northern lights” overnight on Friday — a weather phenomenon that’s exceedingly rare for this part of the world.
For the first time since 2005, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center has
issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch, after spotting five coronal mass ejections pointed at Earth, expected to arrive by midday Friday, May 10, and stay through Sunday, May 12.
It’s an “unusual event,” the NOAA noted.