Northern Lights

Will it happen again Friday? It's possible, but here's a word of caution.

Experts are saying it could be as spectacular over Missouri and Illinois as the incredible display that happened back in May.

Thanks to a major incoming solar storm, the Northern Lights MIGHT be visible over Missouri and Illinois.

Early Thursday morning, there was yet another surprise as red auroras were clearly viewable in many locations over Missouri thanks to a sudden solar storm.

Thanks to a major solar storm that is underway as of this writing, you can barely see the Northern Lights which are visible even from parts of northern Missouri and there's video to prove it.

In case you didn't know, predicting weather is hard. Predicting weather in space is even more difficult. That's why it's with a bit of trepidation I mention that there's a chance that an incoming 'halo CME' could make the Northern Lights visible over Illinois this week.

The saying what goes around comes around could not be truer than the sunspot which fueled the historic Northern Lights over Missouri a few weeks ago. It's about to face Earth again which could mean another light show is imminent.

This sounds like the kind of outrageous phenomenon you'd hear about in the plot for a science fiction movie, but it really just happened in Missouri. Recent solar flares electrified rocks and soil in the Show Me State and there's science to prove it.

It's not exactly breaking news at this point that it was a very special weekend for the skies over Missouri. Many parts of the state had views of the stunning Northern Lights last Friday and also Saturday night. A new time-lapse video shows just how jaw-dropping the sky sights were.

Both Missouri and Illinois have been treated to back-to-back days of Northern Lights visible over both states and there's a chance that could happen again Sunday night based on the current aurora forecast.