Space weather forecast chief Bob Rutledge said given the size of the solar storm, the lights probably shouldn't have been visible south of Iowa.

太空气象预测中心的负责人鲍勃·拉特利奇说考虑到太阳风暴的大小，在爱荷华州的南部应该是看不到极光的。

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Bob Case, a retired NOAA meteorologist and the Boston-based forecaster who coined the phrase "the perfect storm, " said the weather models did a "fantastic job" in helping him and other forecasters predict the storm.

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