Northern Lights could be visible across the UK again this weekend

The Northern Lights could be visible across parts of the UK again this weekend.

The Met Office said the phenomenon could return once more in its aurora forecast.

According to the national weather service, there is a slight chance that solar storms could be observed this week.

Adding: “Mainly background aurora conditions are expected, however there remains a slight chance of glancing Coronal Mass Ejection impacts overnight on 17 May into 18 May. These may bring some limited enhancement to the aurora, with the slight potential of allowing for some visibility as far south as northern Scotland or similar latitudes.”

Earlier this month the night sky was ablaze with vibrant colours, delighting stargazers as far south as Berkshire, Cornwall and Kent.

Greg Brown, astronomer at Greenwich Observatory, shared his excitement, but also injected a note of caution, citing the inherent unpredictability of solar storm predictions.

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the Northern Lights could be visible in the UK again in the next few days according to experts last weekend the night sky was Ablaze across the UK in Scotland Northern Ireland parts of northern England and Wales the rare event could be seen as far south as beire Cornwall and Kent speaking to the mirror Greg Brown astronomer at Greenwich Observatory shared his excitement along with some caution when it came to the unpredictability of solar storms he explains that predicting the next solar storm to any accuracy is all but impossible but added that there has been some signs of another storm approaching within the next few days speaking on the sun’s cycle of activity and the previous solar storm the UK experienced on the weekend of May 10th Brown added quote we are currently at solar maximum when the sun is at its most active and flares sunspots and coronal mass ejections the Bears that produce the storms are at their most common while we remain at the sun’s Peak the chance of a solar storm remains quite High though 5G class storms the type that produce Fridays B of auror are very rare even at solar maximum Brown added that the chance of extreme auroral events will go down considerably until the next cycle in about a decade the last time Brits had a similar view of the night sky was in October 2003 during the last 5G extreme rated solar storm to learn more about where the northern lights are most likely to be visible in the UK people can visit Aurora watch UK