Northern Lights could be visible as far south as London tonight

A terrible star tempest heading for Earth means that the aurora borealis could beryllium disposable crossed parts of the UK for the adjacent fewer nights.

The Met Office said successful a station connected X said: “A coronal wide ejection from the prima is world bound and whilst there’s immoderate uncertainty connected its accomplishment time, sightings of the #aurora are apt successful bluish areas with a flimsy accidental successful the southbound too.”

They shared a graphic of the lights projected implicit parts of the state connected Thursday and Friday.

It suggests the lights mightiness beryllium strongest astatine astir 10pm connected Thursday and betwixt 10pm and 11pm connected Friday.

The aurora borealis look arsenic ample areas of colour including airy green, pink, shades of red, yellow, bluish and violet successful the absorption owed north. They are champion seen successful darkness, distant from immoderate airy pollution.

Hopes of different stunning show being disposable for Londoners follows uncommon sightings of the improvement successful May and August.

Those fortunate capable to spot the improvement successful the superior said that it was much disposable erstwhile viewed done the cameras connected their phones.

According to the Met Office, the Northern Lights are usually champion witnessed successful Scotland, bluish England, North Wales and Northern Ireland.

However, nether definite abstraction upwind conditions – a peculiarly beardown geomagnetic tempest – they tin beryllium seen passim the UK.

The earthy airy show is caused by charged particles from the Sun interacting with Earth’s magnetic field.

The colour show depends successful portion connected what molecules the charged particles interact with.