Northern Lights Seattle 2024. Seattle skywatchers who missed the chance to see the aurora borealis this past weekend need not despair; The northern lights set to return to washington in dazzling fashion wed., july 31, 2024 charged particles spewed from the sun during a solar storm.
Aurora paints the sky over west seattle. An unusual amount of solar flare activity means that the aurora borealis, or the northern lights, could continue to appear over the weekend.