Best places near Portland to catch the Northern Lights

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) - Thanks to a severe geomagnetic storm, the Pacific Northwest and much of the United States, is poised to see Northern Lights late Friday night and very early Saturday morning.

"The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued the first G4 (Severe) geomagnetic watch since 2005. The aurora tonight and early tomorrow morning may become visible over much of the northern half of the country, and maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California," according to the National Weather Service.