Northern Lights light up Wisconsin night sky; burst with color

By FOX6 News Digital Team
Published  October 10, 2024 9:33pm CDT
FOX6 News Milwaukee

Belgium, Wis. (Jeff Vieau)

The Brief

    • Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, lit up the night sky in Wisconsin on Thursday, Oct. 10.
    • A coronal mass ejection from the sun reached Earth's atmosphere on Thursday, creating a geomagnetic storm, which fuels the aurora.

MILWAUKEE - Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, lit up the night sky in Wisconsin on Thursday, Oct. 10.

A coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun reached Earth's atmosphere on Thursday, creating a geomagnetic storm, which fuels the aurora.

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The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration forecasts the storm will reach a G-4 rating – or become a "severe" geomagnetic storm. The highest rating on the geomagnetic scale is G-5.

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