Northern Lights Over Long Island: Patch Wants To See Your Photos!

LONG ISLAND, NY — As the Northern Lights continue to dazzle on Long Island, Patch wants to see your photos.

If you have photos to share for a Patch photo gallery, email them to Lisa.Finn@patch.com.

New Yorkers learned recently that they could have a chance to see the Northern Lights Monday night and Tuesday.

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center issued a warning for a geomagnetic storm through Tuesday.

The geomagnetic storm was slated to have a K-index of 7 or greater.

"A severe solar radiation storm is currently in progress, marking the first S4 storm since 2003," according to NOAA.

That storm could impact satellite operations, NOAA said.

According to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, a coronal mass ejection, or CME, is an eruption of solar material and magnetic fields. "When they arrive at Earth, a geomagnetic storm can result. Watches at this level are very rare."

The center said the potential effects of the elevated geomagnetic activity are "mainly limited to space launch, aviation, and satellite operations."

Also, the Space Weather Prediction Center said, auroras could become visible over much of the northern half of the country, and maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California.

Long Islanders were told they had a good chance of catching a glimpse of the awe-inspiring show. According to John Murray, meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Upton: "It's possible."

The map indicated a line of auroras going through Long Island's local forecast area for Monday night — the Northern Lights were still visible Tuesday night.