Guide websites.
The list of sites I opened on every trip across seven years. Some have shut down, some have moved — but the first stop for space weather is still NOAA.
Real-time and three-day solar wind and aurora activity.
NOAA — the first stop for space weather.
Daily space-weather news.
Norway's best local weather site. Especially strong on three-day forecasts.
Iceland's official site. For cloud movement.
Live status of Norway's roads.
Kartverket — Norway's official map site.
The Sun's rising, elevation and setting angles.
The Moon's rising, elevation and setting angles.
Shooting angle and time planning.
Real-time aurora sightings from around the world.
Finding dark spots across the globe.
Temperature, wind, aurora — live and in three dimensions.
Hello Aurora — real-time magnetometer data, community sightings and push alerts to your phone. It arrived after 2019; when the book was written, phone apps couldn't yet do this job.
Live Kp, solar wind and storm alerts — as a website and a mobile app. My Aurora Forecast and AuroraMe are similar; no single one is enough, so weigh cloud + moon + darkness together.
Note: websites may close, temporarily or permanently.
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