{"id":191983,"date":"2025-09-01T17:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/191983\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:24:12","slug":"northern-lights-possible-in-chicago-skies-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/191983\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern lights possible in Chicago skies tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/B4AB0C542FDC7E73D3BDB1696675CCBE.jpg\" alt=\"Emily explains: Northern lights possible in Chicago skies tonight\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-fa1f2118=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; A geomagnetic storm could make the northern lights visible in the Chicago area late Monday into early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch for a G2-level event, considered moderate on the five-level G-scale.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aurora-likelihood.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is usually visible only near the poles. But strong solar storms can push the glow farther south, sometimes into the Midwest.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Forecast:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Skies will be clear tonight into early Tuesday morning, giving Chicago-area residents a chance to see the spectacle.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3642.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Northern Lights over Chicago | Jake Hamilton <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">To maximize your chances:<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Find a dark spot away from city lights.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Look north along the horizon.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Be patient\u2014auroras can flicker in and out quickly.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Keep expectations realistic\u2014photos online often look more vivid than what the naked eye sees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">For updates, visit NOAA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Space Weather Prediction Center<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">spaceweather.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this article came from NOAA and previous FOX 32 reporting.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; A geomagnetic storm could make the northern lights visible in the Chicago area late Monday into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":191984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,5386,1818,50,68,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-191983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}