Photos show the northern lights in the Philadelphia region
The northern lights were visible across the Philadelphia region on Thursday as plenty of residents snapped photos of the historic event.
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The northern lights were visible across the Philadelphia region on Thursday as plenty of residents snapped photos of the historic event.
Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute in Center City, said residents should find a place where the sky is clear and dark for the best chance to see the aurora from the northern lights.
The Delaware Valley could see the northern lights Thursday night and Friday morning, and the NEXT Weather team is forecasting clear skies during peak viewing times.
The northern lights could dazzle millions of Americans in some northern states this weekend.
It was a two-for-one celestial spectacle in the Sunday night sky, with both the northern lights and Perseids meteor shower visible in parts of southeastern Pennsylvania.
Monday will be sunny and warm with highs in the 80s and lower humidity, a pattern that generally continues throughout the week, along with a few clouds. Late Monday night and early Tuesday morning, areas north and west of the city have another chance to spot the northern lights.
Today will be an extension of our beautiful weekend with mostly sunny skies and comfortable temperatures in the low 80s in the Philadelphia region.
Could Philadelphia have another chance to see the northern lights this year? Here's what our NEXT Weather meteorologists say.
Millions of Americans looked to the night sky and snapped magical photos and videos of the northern lights this past weekend during the momentous geomagnetic storm.
Director and producer Roger Corman died in his California home at the age of 98, postal workers around the region collected donations to help fight food insecurity during annual "Stamp Out Hunger" campaign, and the Delaware Valley gets another shot at seeing the northern lights! These stories and more in your Digital Brief for Sunday, May 12, 2024.
Former President Donald Trump's rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on Saturday is set to have a major economic impact on the city, President Biden is back in Delaware after a fundraising trip on the west coast, and Mother's Day will be cloudy and cool with the chance for scattered showers. These stories and more from CBS News Philadelphia for Sunday, May 12, 2024.
In case you missed it Friday night, you have a second chance to view the magnificent auroras from a series of solar flares from the sun on Saturday. People as far south as Alabama could witness the dazzling display in the sky thanks to the geomagnetic storm. Rob Kirkpatrick reports.
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A widespread display of the Northern Lights will hover in the Philadelphia area again tonight and we could see it if the weather cooperates.
Plasma particles from the sun are racing toward Earth's atmosphere at 2,000 miles per second.
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Ukee Washington reports.
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Parts of the Philadelphia region could see a bit of rain on Thursday, and showers are possible Sunday night as well. Chief Meteorologist Bill Kelly has the forecast.