Live Aurora & Kp Index Forecast (NOAA Data)
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Live Kp · nowPlanetary K · NOAA SWPCPeak —expected tonight
Reading the sky…
◌ — / 90 points reach tonight's peak (—)
● — / 90 at the live Kp right now
See tonight's spots on the atlas →The forecast timeline
The near sky in 3-hour bins — peak ◌ Kp 0.0, and ● live now on the left.
Tonight’s map
By location
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.
Northern Europe · 31
Svalbard (Longyearbyen)· —
needs Kp 0
Abisko· —
needs Kp 1
Akureyri· —
needs Kp 1 · twilight sky
Alta· —
needs Kp 1
Inari· —
needs Kp 1
Kirkenes· —
needs Kp 1
Lofoten Islands· —
needs Kp 1
Senja· —
needs Kp 1
Tromsø· —
needs Kp 1
Iceland (countrywide)· —
needs Kp 2 · twilight sky
Ivalo· —
needs Kp 2
Kiruna· —
needs Kp 2
Murmansk / Kola Peninsula· —
needs Kp 2
Nellim· —
needs Kp 2
Reykjavík· —
needs Kp 2 · twilight sky
Rovaniemi· —
needs Kp 2
Saariselkä· —
needs Kp 2
Svolvær· —
needs Kp 2
Faroe Islands (Tórshavn)· —
needs Kp 3 · twilight sky
Oulu· —
needs Kp 3 · twilight sky
Helsinki· —
needs Kp 4 · twilight sky
Oslo· —
needs Kp 4
Shetland· —
needs Kp 4 · twilight sky
Stockholm· —
needs Kp 4
Aberdeenshire· —
needs Kp 5
Caithness (north Highlands)· —
needs Kp 5
Copenhagen· —
needs Kp 5
Donegal· —
needs Kp 5
Edinburgh· —
needs Kp 5
Estonia (Tartu / coast)· —
needs Kp 5
Orkney· —
needs Kp 5
North America · 19
Coldfoot / Bettles· —
needs Kp 0
Utqiaġvik (Barrow)· —
needs Kp 0
Churchill· —
needs Kp 1
Dawson City· —
needs Kp 1 · twilight sky
Fairbanks· —
needs Kp 1 · twilight sky
Iqaluit· —
needs Kp 1 · twilight sky
Yellowknife· —
needs Kp 1 · twilight sky
Denali· —
needs Kp 2 · twilight sky
Anchorage· —
needs Kp 3 · twilight sky
Fort McMurray· —
needs Kp 3
Whitehorse· —
needs Kp 3 · twilight sky
Edmonton· —
needs Kp 4
Jasper· —
needs Kp 4
Michigan Upper Peninsula (Keweenaw)· —
needs Kp 5
Montana (Glacier NP)· —
needs Kp 5
North Dakota· —
needs Kp 5
Northern Maine (Acadia)· —
needs Kp 5
Northern Minnesota (Voyageurs)· —
needs Kp 5
Washington (North Cascades)· —
needs Kp 6
Oceania · 11
Bruny Island / Cockle Creek· —
needs Kp 4
Stewart Island / Rakiura· —
needs Kp 4
Dunedin / Otago Peninsula· —
needs Kp 5
Hobart· —
needs Kp 5
Invercargill· —
needs Kp 5
Lake Tekapo (Aoraki Mackenzie)· —
needs Kp 5
Launceston· —
needs Kp 5
Queenstown / Southland· —
needs Kp 5
Christchurch· —
needs Kp 6
Victoria coast (Phillip Island)· —
needs Kp 6
South Australia coast (Kangaroo Is.)· —
needs Kp 7
South America · 3
South Atlantic · 2
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