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Keep an eye on the northern sky Saturday evening. 

A solar storm is hurling energy toward the earth this weekend. The 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center

NOAA expects the wave to arrive Saturday night. That could trigger waves of northern lights across the Upper Midwest Saturday evening. 

The Twin Cities NWS office chimes in on the best areas for viewing Saturday night. An arc of clouds with an approaching cold front may keep much of northern and central Minnesota cloudy Saturday night. 

NOAA’s GFS model low cloud output tracks the expected cloud wedge across Minnesota between 7 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday. 

The best viewing for southern Minnesota may occur early Saturday evening before the clouds arrive, and early Sunday morning before sunrise after the clouds pass in western Minnesota. As always, look low in the northern sky away from city lights if possible. 

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Paul Huttner

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Auroras are possible Saturday night in the Upper Midwest. 

Inbound solar storm means northern lights possible Saturday night

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