Right now, at 11. Out of this world. Tonight the Northern Lights are shining in places they normally dont. And that includes california. These are pictures from the Mendocino County coast. Vibrant colors. You see here courtesy of a severe solar storm. Now, photos taken from all over the world and all across the u. S. Show the night sky lit up in hot pink, purple and green and we are watching and waiting to see if that solar storm will also give us a show here in the bay area. Could be a wild weekend. Well check in with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri in just a moment, but we begin with nbc bay areas jocelyn moran. Jocelyn. Definitely breathtaking , but it also has some scientists concerned, right . Yeah. Audrey. These images are incredible. But experts say we could also see some of those disruptions, most likely radio blackouts. But we could also see our gps being affected or our cell phone signal at the same time. These cell phones here could also help you capture something you dont
The qr code or go to nbc. Select. Com deals. Good morning. It is saturday, may 11th, 7 00 and a live look outside the sun is shining and guess what . It is not freezing outside near 60 degrees as we look outside in japantown in san jose on this mothers day weekend. Thank you so much for starting it with us. Im kira klapper Cinthia Pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast, and before we get started, happy dog moms day. Thank you very much. Yes, i have two of my puppers waiting at home for that w a l k. And listen, if you want to get those walk in right now is the time to do it. As we warm up. And theres a couple of things happening behind me on our camera network. Of course, off to a mild and clear start in san jose through oakland. But as we creep on into parts of the north bay valleys and into San Francisco, were seeing some of the visibility being affected this morning by some areas of that patchy fog. Dont worry, that should mix out of here as we go on into the nine 10
This world. And tonight, the Northern Lights are shining in places they normally dont. And that includes california. These are pictures from the Mendocino County coast. Vibrant colors you see here courtesy of a severe solar storm. Now, photos taken from all over the world and all across the u. S. Show the night sky lit up in hot pink, purple and green and we are watching and waiting to see if that solar storm will also give us a show here in the bay area. Could be a wild weekend. Well check in with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri in just a moment, but we begin with nbc bay areas jocelyn moran. Jocelyn definitely breathtaking, but it also has some scientists concerned, right . Yeah. Audrey. These images are incredible. But experts say we could also see some of those disruptions. Most likely radio blackouts. But we could also see our gps being affected or our cell phone signal at the same time. These cell phones here could also help you capture something you dont always see here in the
Your day with us and well see you right back here next week hello. Everyone. Thank you so much for joining inferred rica whitfield. This is our special live our of the cnn newsroom, the amanpour, our returns next saturday at this time 11 00 a. M. Eastern all right. Happening right now, an extreme geomagnetic storm hitting earth, threatening to cause major disruptions around the globe. A series of solar flares. And what are known as Coronal Mass Ejections from the sun are hurdling toward our planet. Its the strongest solar storm to hit earth since 2003. It sounds really ominous experts say hey it has the potential to cause a real danger. Solar flares can triggered communication. Gps, any electrical device malfunctions. Thats the scary stuff. Starlink says it has already been experiencing degraded service. The white house at several Telecom Companies are monitoring potential impacts but beyond those disruptions, some are really excited about it because much of the us and canada are being