Fog over Lake Michigan drifted inland across northern and northeast Illinois this morning ... advisory is in place until 10 a.m. in McHenry County, Lake County and northern parts of Cook County ...

The current auroral forecast gives those in the northern U.S. the best chance at catching the celestial show after sunset. That includes states at or above the red view line on the map below.

Storms of this strength have been known to bring the northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon, and according to the SWPC’s forecasting, that may just be the case with this storm.