Northern Lights Norway Forecast 2018
That s when you ll have your best chance of seeing the.
Northern lights norway forecast 2018. Now as someone living in northern norway i ve spent a lot of time watching the northern lights so i m here to help you avoid some of the most common mistakes i see people make when trying to see the northern lights in norway. The northern lights are influenced by activity on the sun and strong solar winds increase and intensify the northern lights. These are the nights with darkness in them. Using real time solar wind data from nasa s ace spacecraft matched with data obtained from a network of magnetometers located worldwide we are able to forecast with reasonable accuracy how the northern lights will behave up to one hour in advance the image shows estimated aurora activity now.
The auroral forecast is also available as mobile phone app. Image should be used as a guide only it is based on predicted geomagnetic. Highly unusual maybe your friends and relatives at home will see the northern lights too. The northern lights are therefore always present.
According to the swpc s 3 day aurora forecast the best time to be out aurora hunting will be the night of july 23 from sunset to 1am. Aurora borealis season in northern polar latitudes alaska northern canada greenland iceland norway sweden finland and siberia runs from august thru april. Historically the chances of seeing the northern lights are best viewed in northern norway between october and march because the polar night makes them easier to see. A big solarstorm is coming don t miss your chance to catch some amazing aurora displays.
I ve also gathered even more tips for your northern lights trip into an in depth ebook here. The national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa space weather prediction center swpc ovation aurora forecast model is updated every 30 minutes. Visit norway the official travel guide to norway gives you a user friendly northern lights forecast app with an overview of places known as northern light cities in norway. The interface of the app is slick yet simple which sought to provide nature loving explorers guidelines in regards to when to go where to go and.
Moderate but with good chances to catch the northern lights. The aurora forecast is provided using the svaltrackii software developed by prof. This is the most usual forecast. Fred sigernes at the university centre in svalbard operated kjell henriksen observatory information about the service is found here details about the service are also published in journal for space weather and space climate and can be downloaded here.
Between mainland norway and the north pole this island realm of fjords glaciers mountains and polar bears is at 78 n as far as you would want to go to see the northern lights. The animation shows auroral activity that occurred over the northern hemisphere in the last 24 hours.