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.
Norway's most detailed 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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