The Northern Lights are expected to be the most visible in Canada and Alaska, though states like Wisconsin, North Dakota, Michigan, Montana and Minnesota may also get a chance to see the aurora borealis tonight.

Auroras are ribbons of light weaving across Earth's northern or southern polar regions, according to NASA. Magnetic storms that have been triggered by solar activity, such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections, cause them. The solar wind carries energetic charged particles from these events away from the sun.

According to the Space Weather Prediction Center, the aurora borealis could be dimly visible among far north upper Midwest states later Friday and Saturday. The SWPC did not specify which parts of the upper Midwest are most likely to see the lights,

The Northern Lights could be visible in Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont and Maine, forecasters say.

AuroraWatch UK has issued a 'red alert' which means it is likely that aurora will be visible by eye and camera from anywhere in the UK

If you look into the night sky tonight and there are no clouds then there's a fair chance you could see the Northern Lights, forecasters have said. Aurora Watch UK - based at Lancaster University - have issued a red aurora alert,