The northern lights will inject additional dazzle for some across the U.S. this New Year's Eve. The big picture: An incoming solar storm on Tuesday night will provide aurora viewers in many northern states and "some of the lower Midwest to Oregon" one last chance to catch the lights this year,

Scottish aurora spotters may have the chance to see the Northern Lights tonight - if snow clouds in the the skies above them don't block out the phenomenon. A red alert for the colourful scene was issued by AuroraWatch UK earlier this evening. It said: "it is likely that aurora will be visible by eye and camera from anywhere in the UK".

But our chances of catching it may be affected by weather conditions, as the Met Office said in a statement ( via Manchester Evening News): "A coronal mass ejection (CME) which left the Sun early on 29 December, is expected to arrive on New Year’s Eve. But, although the Northern Lights may be in place, visibility could hamper any sightings."

There's a chance solar storms may bring northern lights to several northern U.S states just in time for the new year.

Here's how to watch the northern lights predicted to color the night sky on New Year's Eve this year. See the lights on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.

That activity is now gradually easing, according to the UK’s Met Office. It said however that it may increase again until Saturday, 4 January – which could meant the aurora are visible in northern Scotland.

There's going to be yet another chance to see the Northern Lights in Maine tonight. There have been viewing opportunities all week after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center issued an alert Sunday night that the aurora borealis may be visible at high latitudes on Dec.