Late Friday, a powerful geomagnetic storm occurred, leading to the appearance of the Northern Lights even as far south as Florida.

People across Virginia, including areas like Martinsville and Henry County, witnessed this rare event when breaks in the clouds allowed for visibility.

If you missed out on seeing the lights, don’t worry!

There’s a chance they may be visible again this weekend, as predicted by the NOAA/NWS Space Weather Prediction Center.

“Clouds should start to break up later this evening allowing for a nice and cool night,” WITN Weather Forecaster Dustin Staples told the Romero Report on Saturday morning. “Temperatures will be in the low to mid 50’s at night. The best view will be if you are in an area where it is dark and out of the city.”

A Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch was issued on Friday morning, which was upgraded to a warning later on.

This watch, the first since January 2005, is expected to remain in effect throughout the weekend.

The geomagnetic storm was caused by a large cluster of sunspots producing several strong solar flares since Wednesday.

These flares, associated with Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), were directed towards Earth.

CMEs are bursts of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun’s corona.

When they interact with Earth’s magnetic field, they cause geomagnetic storms, which can lead to spectacular displays of aurora, or Northern Lights, here on Earth.