A severe geomagnetic storms is expected to trigger a much wider area of visible Northern Lights in the U.S. on Sunday and Monday nights, NOAA said.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Connecticut as speedy solar winds and an incoming CME fuel geomagnetic storm conditions.

Observers in northern U.S. states will have one of their best chances in recent weeks at seeing the northern lights tonight.

NBC Bay Area's Rob Mayeda shares viewing tips and some of the science behind what makes the aurora borealis aka northern lights visible in our skies

Marylanders have a greater than normal chance of seeing the northern lights Sunday night. The further north you go, the greater the odds of seeing the spectacle. Even in ideal viewing conditions, city light pollution can obscure the aurora. It will be harder to see across Baltimore City and County as well as D.C. metro counties.

The “view line” for Saturday and Sunday’s aurora forecast cuts through Oregon from the northern coast to about Ontario on the Oregon-Idaho border.

If you feel like you've seen more of the northern lights painting the night sky lately, you'd be right—and there's an explanation for the uptick.

A strong geomagnetic storm may bring the aurora borealis into view as far south as Colorado Sunday into early Monday. Here's when and where to look—and what might get in the way.