Northern Lights could be visible in parts of the U.S. due to geomagnetic storm

The Northern Lights are forecast to be visible from parts of the country on Saturday night. A strong geomagnetic storm watch was issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center on Thursday.

The agency said Saturday that there is a 99% chance of a minor or greater solar radiation storm to occur. The forecasted storm was ranked Thursday as a G3 storm, which NOAA classifies as strong on its scale from G1, a minor storm, to G5. 

And with the impending geomagnetic storm, which is a big disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere, the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, activity is forecast to be high.