Hourly aurora forecast
Compare Hp60 activity with cloud cover hour by hour and plan when to head outside.
AURORA ALERTS APP
Get notified when the aurora appears
Real-time alerts, detailed forecasts and aurora maps anywhere in the world.
Push notifications
Aurora maps
3-day forecast
Favorite locations
Detailed space weather dataExplore the Aurora Alerts app
Animated aurora map
Follow the auroral oval on the map to see where activity may develop.
Smart aurora alerts
Choose alert presets and reduce repeat notifications without missing stronger events.
Your locations
Check conditions at your current location or places you select while traveling.
Longer outlook
Use the 3-day forecast and an optional 27-day trend. Longer-range predictions are less precise.
Screens shown are from iPhone. Features and availability may vary by platform and app version.
ABOUT THE APP
Aurora Alerts
Aurora Alerts is an app designed to monitor real-time auroral activity and push alert to let you know if there may be aurora borealis (northern lights) visible tonight. Whenever you are home or away, Aurora Alerts will notify you if the possibility of seeing the northern lights exists.
Main features
- ✓Short-term aurora forecast for next hour with weather conditions and moon illumination
- ✓Long-term aurora forecast for the next 3 days with weather conditions
- ✓Show probability to see Northern Lights based on your or custom location
- ✓Current auroral activity based on observed and predicted Kp Indices from U.S. Air Force Weather Agency
- ✓Weather forecast to check visibility conditions before planning to see northern lights
- ✓Solar wind data directly from the NASA satellite: wind speed, Bz, Bt and density
- ✓Unlike many other apps, it uses the local time instead of UTC
Alerts
- ✓When northern lights may be visible at current or custom location at the horizon or overhead
- ✓Kp index reaches chosen value
- ✓Solar wind data reach chosen values
- ✓You can filter out alerts based on current cloud cover or time of the day