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The two maps show the aurora and viewline tonight and tomorrow night. The brightness and location of the aurora is typically shown as a green oval centered on Earth’s magnetic pole. The green ovals turn red when the aurora is forecasted to be more intense.
2 days ago · This page provides a prediction of the aurora’s visibility tonight and tomorrow night in the charts below. The animations further down show what the aurora’s been up to over the last 24 hours and estimates what the next 30 minutes will be like.
Aurora can often be observed somewhere on Earth from just after sunset or just before sunrise. The aurora is not visible during daylight hours. The aurora does not need to be directly overhead but can be observed from as much as a 1000 km away when the aurora is bright and if conditions are right.
Aurora borealis activity is currently elevated. Weather permitting, larger northern lights displays could be visible directly overhead in most northern communities. 3-Day Forecast
6 days ago · Canada has a higher chance of seeing the lights, while they may be visible in many parts of the continental U.S. into Saturday night according to the alert. Friday night’s aurora is expected to ...
The timeline provides a quick look at the alerts, watches, and warnings that are currently in effect from NOAA. Only the bottom half of the chart is important when it comes to seeing the aurora. The dashed red vertical line represents the current time. A solid green bar represents a watch, when NOAA is predicting a geomagnetic storm to occur. A ...
Below you'll find the daily maximum expected global geomagnetic conditions (Kp) for the coming 27 days. This is the fastest way to quickly find out what kind of geomagnetic conditions are to be expected over the next 27 days. These predictions are updated weekly by the NOAA SWPC.
