THERE could be a rare chance to see the Northern Lights in Loughborough tonight (Tuesday).
The Aurora Borealis is caused by charged particles released by the sun interacting with the Earth’s atmosphere.
The amount of particles hitting the sun is ranked by what’s called the KP index.
KP1 is the lowest and KP9 the highest.
Normally the lights will be only viewable at high latitudes, even when the activity is quite high.
But tonight (Tuesday, March 17), the KP index was due to be at KP 8.33 at 5pm.
A storm that intense could be viewed across Loughborough given the right conditions.
Now it’s time to hope for clear skies, try and get somewhere that has a clear view of the northern horizon and get as far away from light pollution as possible.
For regularly updated forecasts of how strong the northern light are and where they’re likely to be seen from visit www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/