Northern lights may be visible in 10 US states tonight

NOAA aurora forecast map for the night of Oct. 29, 2025, showing the probability of visible northern lights over North America. A bright red and green auroral oval is centered over Canada and the Arctic, with a red "view line" indicating the southernmost edge where auroras may be visible on the northern horizon. Several northern U.S. states lie just above the view line.

Get ready, aurora chasers! The northern lights could continue to dazzle tonight (Oct. 29), as a stream of fast solar wind from a large Earth-facing coronal hole continued to buffet Earth's magnetic field, driving unsettled to active conditions.

Forecasters at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) predict possible minor (G1) geomagnetic storm conditions for Oct. 29 through Oct. 30, with a chance of stronger moderate (G2) storming if conditions intensify. The U.K. Met Office echoes this forecast, predicting that the northern lights could dip into latitudes around Scotland or the northern U.S., depending on the timing and strength of the incoming solar wind.