Northern Lights may be putting on a show over the weekend for the northern areas of the country. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the northern hemisphere for October 3rd through the 5th.

A spate of solar activity means that the northern lights may be visible as far south as Oregon, Nebraska and Pennsylvania this weekend.

The sun is sending a slew of activity to Earth this week — and that could mean strong displays of the aurora, also known as the northern and southern lights. For prime northern lights viewing in the United States,