“The aurora may become visible over many of the northern states and some of the lower Midwest to Oregon,” the SWPC said. The northern lights may be visible in Wisconsin Monday and Tuesday night, according to the SWPC's forecast. Monday's forecast has a Kp index of six, meaning the lights could be “ quite bright and active ,” per the NOAA.

NASA reports that thanks to Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere, residents are not directly harmed by any of these storms. Instead, they can witness solar flares and northern lights, as is expected in this case. According to the NOAA, solar storms of this scale are predicted to bring an aurora that "will become quite bright and active."

NOAA issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning — it was the strongest storm in more than two decades, producing light displays across the Northern Hemisphere. And i

The NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center says a solar storm could bring the Northern Lights to the Lower Hudson Valley on New Year's Eve. But with a high chance of rain in the evening, the possibility of seeing the phenomenon could be rare.