Aurora Activity

Space weather data for aurora chasers

Aurora Score

just now
No-Go

Conditions not suitable. Overcast, daylight, or quiet space weather.

Aurora Activity25/100
Viewing Conditions56%
Confidence Unavailable·Data: 0%·Live/calc: 0/17

Insufficient live data to produce a reliable score.

Space Weather Charts

Indicative demo data — live data coming soon

Kp Index History

Planetary K-index · Storm threshold at Kp 5

Demo data

Solar Wind Speed

km/s · Activity threshold at 400 km/s

Demo data

IMF Bz / Bt

nT · Southward Bz favours aurora

Demo data

Solar Wind Density

Protons/cm³

Demo data

Aurora Activity

Kp Forecast (7h)

Kp forecast: Now: Kp 2, +1h: Kp 2.3, +2h: Kp 2.7, +3h: Kp 2.3, +4h: Kp 2, +5h: Kp 1.7, +6h: Kp 1.3

Kp
2.3
≥5 = aurora likely
Bz
-2.1nT
<0 = southward = good
Bt
6.4nT
Solar Wind
380km/s
≥400 km/s = active
Density
4.1p/cm³
X-Ray Flux
A8.2
Flare class
Sunspot #
87
North Hemispheric Power
22GW
South Hemispheric Power
GW

Advanced Space Weather — Planned

ACE / DSCOVR Solar Wind

Active spacecraft status, upstream solar wind source confirmation, data latency indicators.

GOES X-ray & Radiation

Detailed X-ray flux history, flare classification timeline, proton and radiation belt indicators.

Geomagnetic Indices

Dst storm intensity index, Ap 24-hour average, Kp context and historical comparison.

OVATION Aurora Model

Hemispheric power trend, aurora oval forecast map, model run freshness and confidence.

Local Weather Report

Montréal

Using default location. Pick a location on the map for local data.

Sun, Moon & Darkness

Calculated locally
Calculated locally

Data Sources

SourceUpdatedStatus
NOAA SWPC (opens in new tab)

Kp index, solar wind, IMF Bz, aurora oval

● Fresh
Open-Meteo (opens in new tab)

Cloud cover, temperature, wind, visibility

● Fresh
720h ago
● Fresh

Data sources are tracked for cost, licensing, attribution, and privacy requirements before production use.