The northern lights should continue well into the weekend and may even reach down into the middle parts of the US.

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.

Aurora chasers are on high alert for minor geomagnetic storm conditions from Jan. 24 through to Jan. 25. Northern lights might be visible over some northern and upper Midwest states.

A coronal mass ejection earlier this week may pull the northern lights to more northern U.S. states, forecasters said.