The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts a slightly weaker display in the sky than on Friday night, with the strongest solar shows likely being visible between 7 and 10 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday.
Chicago got a rare taste of the North Pole this weekend as a solar storm brought dazzling displays of the aurora borealis, better known as the northern lights, to the Chicago area.
And for anyone who missed the dancing neons that shined Friday night into the wee hours of Saturday, don’t despair — they’re expected to be visible again, if not as vibrantly, through Sunday morning.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted a slightly weaker display in the sky than on Friday night, with the strongest solar shows forecast between 7 and 10 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday.
Michelle Nichols, the Adler Planetarium’s director of public observing, said “pinpoint accuracy” wasn’t possible with solar flares and the subsequent cloud of charged particles that sometimes head toward Earth, lighting up the sky.
