Northern Lights forecast to reappear across UK on Saturday

If you missed the display on Friday night, forecasters at the Met Office Space Weather Prediction Centre say it could be seen again on Saturday night.

They say “geomagnetic activity is expected to remain… with a chance of reaching a strong storm”.

The Northern Lights could therefore be seen across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern areas of England and Wales.

There’s also a small chance they could be seen further south.

Cloud could spoil the view for those in Scotland and Northern Ireland but elsewhere, especially during the first part of Saturday night, there will be some clear skies.

To have a go at spotting the lights, look to the north for a faint glow at first and, if you can’t see the colours, try through a camera lens or on your phone.

Geomagnetic storms and solar flares are perfectly safe for us as we are protected from the radiation by our atmosphere, but they can interfere with technology.