If you look out into the skies on May 10th, you might be in for a show that doesn’t come to Louisiana all that often.

Aurora Borealis, also known as the northern lights have a chance to be seen across the United States and possibly as far south as Alabama. This is all because of a rare G4 geometric watch being put out by the Space Weather Prediction Center. This will be the first time a G4 warning has been put out since 2005

The Space Weather Prediction Center (@NWSSWPC) has issued the first G4 (Severe) geomagnetic watch since 2005. The aurora tonight/tomorrow morning may become visible over much of the northern half of the country, and maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California.
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— National Weather Service (@NWS) May 10, 2024

The odds of us in Louisiana seeing this are low, but the peak times of the storm are late Friday night into early Saturday morning so you might need to brew up a pot of coffee for an opportunity to see the aurora borealis.