OHIO — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted a strong geomagnetic storm to sweep across the northern part of the country on Sunday.

Meteorologists rated the storm a four out of five, and it stretched further down the United States. 

The Northern Lights are created when the sun disturbs the Earth’s atmosphere by releasing large amounts of energy.

The atmosphere can handle the energetic storms and the particles can emit beautiful dancing colors in the sky, according to Spectrum News 1 meteorologists.

Ohio is well-positioned to view the lights, but visibility may be affected by haze from the Canadian wildfires.

The last time the state saw the aurora borealis was in October.

Senior digital producer Lydia Taylor contributed to this report.