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Quiet at Kp 0.7, solar wind 353 km/s. NOAA expects a minor storm Saturday 00–03 UTC.

Live · Thursday 29 October
Illustration: a quiet, cloudy night with no auroraNorthern lights tonightIllustration

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Columbus, United StatesNot tonight· near you
Kp indexHow stormy space is, 0 to 9
Last 24 hours, every 3 hours
0.7Quiet
0 calm5 storm9
Solar windSpeed past Earth, last 2 hours
353km/s · 300–500 is normal
3-day forecastHighest Kp NOAA expects, by UTC day
TodayKp 2.3
FriKp 4.3
SatKp 5.0
The sun right now in quiet corona, 171 å, from NASA's Solar Dynamics ObservatoryQuiet corona, 171 Å
The sun right nowNASA SDO, live
NOAA's live forecast map of the northern aurora
Live aurora mapNOAA, next 30 minutes
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