Aurora Alerts: Northern Lights

Aurora Alerts helps you find out if the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) may be visible tonight. Follow real-time aurora activity, explore an animated aurora oval map, check the forecast for your location, and get customizable alerts when viewing conditions improve.

**AURORA FORECAST & VISIBILITY**

- 1-hour aurora forecast with local weather conditions and moon illumination.
- Hourly Hp60 forecast with cloud cover to help you plan when to look.
- Detailed 3-day aurora forecast with weather and a 27-day outlook for longer-term planning.
- Northern lights visibility estimates for your current location or any location you select.
- Animated aurora oval map showing where auroral activity is expected.
- Current and forecast Kp index, plus solar wind measurements including speed, density, Bz and Bt.
- Solar wind data from NASA satellite feeds, with backup sources to improve reliability.
- Forecast times shown in your local time rather than UTC.

**CUSTOMIZABLE AURORA ALERTS**

- Local Aurora notifications when the northern lights may be visible on the horizon or overhead.
- Kp index alerts when activity reaches your chosen threshold.
- Solar wind alerts for selected parameter values.
- Alert presets with a preview of changes before you apply them.
- Separate Reduce Repeat Alerts settings for Local Aurora and Kp notifications to limit repeated alerts while still notifying you about stronger conditions.
- Notification time windows to fit your schedule.

**MORE LANGUAGES**

Now also available in Norwegian, German, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and French.

Whether you're checking the sky near home or planning a northern lights trip, Aurora Alerts brings aurora forecasts, local weather, space weather data, maps and alerts together in one place.
- you can filter out alerts based on time of the day

Boost your chances of viewing the northern lights!

Recent changes:
Fixed an issue with scrolling the Locations list when many locations were saved.