Northern light merged with Calumet Lodge 612 1997 and Sanford L. The forecast lead time is the time it takes for the solar wind to travel from the L1 observation point to Earth. It is often called the Mother Lodge because so many Masonic lodges in Northwest Ohio and Southeastern Michigan started through Northern Light. So Thursday night might end up being the best night to see the northern lights. Northern Light Lodge 40 is located in Northwest Ohio and is part of a proud Masonic community. The electromagnetic storm was expected to grow to major status Thursday, extending the area where the northern lights are visible. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center said that the coronal mass ejection began interacting with the Earth's magnetic field early Thursday. A coronal mass ejection – a burst of plasma from the sun – was also heading toward the Earth, and it arrived early Thursday. The colorful event is courtesy of a solar flare, which erupted out of a sunspot Monday. states from Maine to Montana to Washington this week. If you live across portions of the northern U.S., keep your eyes to the sky over the next few nights: Barring pesky clouds, you might catch a peek of the northern lights, aka the aurora borealis.Īccording to, auroras could be sighted in northern-tier U.S. The aurora forms when the particles flowing from the sun get caught up in the Earth's magnetic field.The colorful event is courtesy of a solar flare, which erupted out of a sunspot on Monday.

Auroras could be sighted in northern-tier U.S.

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