It's set to be a warm week in Greater Manchester - with temperatures climbing to 22C.
17.04.2024 - 16:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Northern Lights could be visible across parts of northern England tonight (April 17), according to forecasters.
The Met Office has predicted mostly clear skies over the UK tonight, which will increase the chances of areas further up north catching a glimpse of the stunning light display, also known as the aurora borealis. The weather agency highlighted that the aurora will most likely be visible in Scotland as well as Northern Ireland and parts of northern England.
The Northern Lights are the result of particles from the sun being carried on solar winds and then interacting with the Earth's atmosphere after being channelled to the polar regions by the planet's magnetic field. According to the Royal Observatory Greenwich, different gases have different effects on the colour of the light display, which often appears as green, pink or purple.
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Writing on X, formerly Twitter, the official Met Office account wrote: "A geomagnetic storm will give an enhanced chance of aurora activity tonight. The Northern Lights may be visible across Scotland, as well as Northern Ireland and parts of northern England with clear spells to start, before turning cloudier from the west later."
The weather agency's specialist Space Weather forecast reads: "Aurora may be visible in the far north of Scotland on Wednesday 17 April overnight into Thursday 18 April, with a chance that aurora may become visible more widely across Scotland as well as Northern Ireland and parts of northern England."
It adds: "The best chance for clear skies will be across mainland Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, although more western areas
It's set to be a warm week in Greater Manchester - with temperatures climbing to 22C.
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Greater Manchester will be hotter than Ibiza today as temperatures climb to 20C.
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