Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Skies lit up with waves of northern lights across clear areas of North America including the Dakotas in the pre-dawn hours Thursday morning. Skywatchers captured some amazing images as the multicolored show sparked waves and curtains of light.

Here’s another great image from near Billings, Mont. 

 is a good place to track aurora trends. They said this about the show early Thursday. 

Another solar flare erupted from the sun Thursday afternoon. This could hit the Earth’s atmosphere overnight into Friday morning. There are no guarantees it will produce auroras, but there is a chance for another show. 

People across the Upper Midwest who observe clear skies overnight into early Friday morning could see another aurora possible show. Satellite trends and forecast models show most of Minnesota should see clearing skies overnight. 

Here is NOAA’s GFS model total cloud cover output for 1 a.m. Friday.

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