A calm night. This Kp means a faint glow only at the highest latitudes — Svalbard, north Greenland. Below 66°N the sky most likely stays empty tonight.
Most northern European cities use low lighting, including street lamps; this reduces light pollution and lets the northern lights be seen even from within the city. Still, for the best experience go to a dark area away from the city lights. If that's not possible, at least move to a spot where you leave the bright lights behind you. The human eye is sensitive to bright light and takes time to adapt to the dark.
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One push whenever NOAA forecasts a G1+ geomagnetic storm within 48 hours — wherever you are. On a big night the aurora reaches far south of its usual latitudes.
Pick any of the 70 watch points — we’ll watch its own Kp threshold, the dark window and the cloud cover for you.
The near sky in 3-hour bins — peak ◌ Kp 0.0, and ● live now on the left.
Whether you'll see it depends on geomagnetic latitude, not map latitude — which is why Yellowknife sees the aurora as readily as Tromsø, and Ushuaia needs a major storm. Both hemispheres, live against tonight's Kp.