PEOPLE throughout north Wales are being told to expect a spectacular Northern Lights show early tomorrow morning.

An explosion on the surface of the sun is sending a high energy beam of charged particles straight towards Earth.

Weather forecasters at the Met Office say the coronal mass ejection (CME) should start interacting with the planet's atmosphere in the early hours of tomorrow (Wednesday, February 2) and the Northern Lights might just be seen in north Wales.

The Met Office says the "CME which left the Sun on January 29 has been analysed by our forecasters, who are predicting an arrival at Earth early on February 2.

"The resulting geomagnetic storms bring the potential for aurora sightings as far south as north Norfolk and north Wales, if skies are clear."

The Met Office add that northern Scotland will be best placed to see the spectacle.

Their website says the Northern Lights (also known as Aurora Borealis) appear as large areas of colour including pale green, pink, shades of red, yellow, blue and violet in the direction due north.

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