Some states could see northern lights on Thursday amid geomagnetic storm

(NEXSTAR) — The sun is deep in its solar cycle, sparking a strong solar flare and geomagnetic storming that could bring the northern lights to parts of the U.S.NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center warned earlier this week about geomagnetic storming sparked by a coronal mass ejection. That lingered into Wednesday, when the SWPC again issued a geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday (technically, SWPC said Friday, but the agency uses UTC time, which is five hours ahead of Eastern time).Early