The northern lights will be the most visible between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time and are most visable further from the light pollution of major metropolitan areas. The lights will be best seen under cloudless skies.

Parts of the northern United States, including the D.C. region, could be in for a Northern Lights show tonight after charged particles were sent blasting from the Sun toward Earth in association with a strong solar flare.

There could be a chance to see the northern lights in northern New England, and potentially Vermont, tonight, according to forecasters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center issued an alert Monday morning that the aurora borealis may be visible at high latitudes tonight,