Northern Lights Expected in Parts of Canada This New Year’s Eve

Northern Lights Expected in Parts of Canada This New Year’s Eve
A brilliant show of the aurora borealis near Yellowknife, N.W.T. is shown in the night sky on March 8, 2012. Bill Braden/The Canadian Press
Jennifer Cowan
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Some Canadians could experience a breathtaking celestial show as they ring in the new year this evening thanks to a major geomagnetic storm forecasted to intensify the brilliance of the northern lights.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center is forecasting a strong chance of aurora borealis visibility across a large swath of the country on New Year’s Eve.