Canada, Northern US States to Witness Rare Northern Lights on April 16

According to Space website, there is a rare double solar blast, creating G2 geomagnetic storms towards the Earth.

These solar storms can create several auroras across the northern parts of North America tomorrow.

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) said that a geomagnetic storm will cause northern lights on April 16, as two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are expected to strike. 

These CMEs were launched by a rare double eruption of solar magnetic filaments on April 12 and April 13. 

The CMEs could lead to moderate geomagnetic storm conditions, increasing the chances of visible auroras in Canada and the northern US states like New York.

Space Weather Physicist Tamitha Skov wrote in a post on X: "These #solarstorms will likely travel slowly, but they are dense and thus could pack a decent punch!"

He added: "Still waiting for coronagraph data to inform model runs, but impact could be late April 15 or early April 16."

According to NOAA's three-day space weather outlook, geomagnetic activity is expected to increase late on April 15 or early April 16.