Northern lights tonight

Live aurora forecast and space weather, from NOAA and NASA.

Live · Saturday 17 October

Aurora at Columbus

Aurora is out of reach tonight

Columbus · near youStrong storm · Kp 6–8

Kp index now3.0unsettled Aurora tonight137 placesof 243 in reach Solar wind475 km/s300–500 is normal 3-day peakKp 4.0Monday 18–21 UTC

Solar wind speed Last two hours, km/s · NOAA DSCOVR

460470480490

19:4220:1120:4121:1121:41

Kp forecast, next 3 days NOAA, three-hour blocks, UTC

9630

Storm level, Kp 5

Sat Oct 17Sun Oct 18Mon Oct 19

The sun right now NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory, live

The sun, AIA 171, latest image from NASA SDO — AIA 171

The sun, Mix 211, 193, 171, latest image from NASA SDO — Mix 211, 193, 171

The sun, HMI colorized magnetogram, latest image from NASA SDO — HMI colorized magnetogram

The sun, AIA 211, latest image from NASA SDO — AIA 211