Northern Lights to illuminate UK’s skies TONIGHT as Met Office issues ‘90% chance’ alert – check best spots to see them

THE Northern Lights are acceptable to dazzle the UK again tonight, with immoderate areas having a 90% accidental of seeing the Aurora.

Ahead of the airy show, the Met Office person released a representation which reveals wherever the lights are expected to appear.

Aurora Borealis, AKA the Northern Lights, are usually lone disposable successful the northernmost parts of the UK. 

However, successful caller years, the aurora has become much common.

The Lights' visibility peaked successful 2024 which saw the biggest geomagnetic tempest since 2003.

On Tuesday, the Northern Lights danced crossed Scotland but experts person warned that 8pm contiguous volition beryllium an adjacent amended nighttime for spotting them. 

A representation revealed that parts of the midlands, the northbound and Scotland are each successful for a accidental of seeing the unthinkable lights. 

In immoderate areas (shaded successful orange), the chances of spotting the aurora are arsenic precocious arsenic 90%. 

The Northern Lights volition look erstwhile much connected February 13.

Ahead of the superb airy show, the Met Office released a statement. 

It said: “Northern regions person further chances to spot the aurora implicit the adjacent fewer nights. 

Cloudy skies mean constricted presumption opportunities for astir of us, but with clearer skies successful bluish and occidental Scotland, there’s a overmuch amended accidental here.” 

Aurora Borealis displays hap erstwhile charged particles collide with gases successful the Earth’s ambiance astir the magnetic poles. 

As the gases and particles collide, airy is emitted astatine assorted wavelengths which creates the beauteous colours successful the sky. 

They are influenced by geomagnetic storms which originate from enactment connected the Sun. 

The Aurora has been an integral portion of galore antithetic nation’s folklore. 

Vikings successful Scandinavia believed that the lights were a entity span connecting Gods with the Earth, wherever Inuits believed the lights offered the powerfulness to talk to dormant relatives. 

The Sun is successful its “solar maximum” phase which means we volition spot the top level of star enactment for 11 years. 

After that, it volition participate its minimum signifier and sightings volition alteration truthful caput extracurricular contiguous for a accidental to spot the lights portion you can.