India, March 11 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a stronger-than-usual forecast for Tuesday night, predicting that the northern lights will be visible across much of the northern United States. This spectacle is expected to occur due to a modest geomagnetic storm, which is set to take place late Tuesday.

On a scale of 0 to 9, the northern lights are forecasted to have a Kp index of 5, following a moderate geomagnetic storm that took place over the weekend. Initially, NOAA predicted that the northern lights might be visible in about 15 states. The storm is caused by a coronal mass ejection, a significant expulsion of plasma from the sun.

G1 storms, visible from areas like northern Idaho, North Dako...