Your neighbor’s lights display will have some competition on Thursday night. The Space Weather Prediction Center has placed Canada and parts of the northern United States in a geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday evening and early Friday morning thanks to an expected G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm. A storm that strong makes seeing the Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, a real possibility as long as the night skies are clear and you are away from major metropolitan areas. Scientists told NBC News in September that stargazers can expect to see more Northern Lights in the coming year thanks to the increases in sunspot observations and solar activity.