Northern Lights may be visible across parts of UK tonight

The Northern Lights could beryllium disposable crossed parts of the UK connected Thursday night, meteorologists are forecasting.

The lights - besides known arsenic aurora borealis - whitethorn marque an quality successful the nighttime entity implicit Scotland, Northern Ireland and bluish England, according to the Met Office.

Forecasters accidental that the champion accidental of seeing the lights volition beryllium successful the archetypal fractional of Thursday night, with a slimmer accidental of seeing them aboriginal on.

Clear skies successful astir parts of the UK "will marque for perfect viewing conditions" contempt the colder weather, the Met Office said.

Jonathan Vautrey, a Met Office meteorologist, said that hopeful spotters should look to the bluish horizon, and anticipation for wide skies overhead.

"Tonight is going to beryllium beauteous perfect conditions arsenic there’s going to beryllium precise small cloud," helium added.

"Sometimes it’s easier to spot done a camera oregon scope if you bash person them."

The Met Office said the Northern Lights mightiness beryllium faintly disposable from the northbound Norfolk coast.

Aurora displays hap erstwhile charged particles collide with gases successful the Earth’s ambiance astir the magnetic poles.

As they collide, airy is emitted astatine assorted wavelengths, creating colourful displays successful the sky.

In the bluish hemisphere, astir of this enactment takes spot adjacent the Arctic Circle.

When star enactment is strong, this tin grow to screen a greater country - which explains wherefore displays tin beryllium occasionally seen arsenic acold southbound arsenic the UK.

Mr Vautrey said determination is different accidental to spot the lights connected Friday nighttime into Saturday - but the existent forecast suggests seeing the aurora volition beryllium little apt than connected Thursday.