Weather forecasters have predicted a good chance Friday night's stunning show will be repeated on Saturday
It was all eyes to the skies across Greater Manchester on Friday night as the Northern Lights dazzled and illuminated the city region.
It was caused by a 'large, complex' sunspot cluster and was 17 times the diameter of earth, with the last storm with a G5 rating hitting earth in October 2003 and causing power outages in Sweden. Mr Page said, cloud permitting, that the best chance to see the lights tonight was from 10pm into 2am on Sunday morning. Clear skies, he added, were likely again on Saturday night.At it's height at 10pm on Saturday, the graphic predicts light shows north of Greater Manchester towards the border with Scotland, so it remains to be seen whether it will be visible here or not.
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