AuroraWatch | Aurora & Geomagnetic Impact

Where are aurora conditions strongest, and how active is Earth’s geomagnetic environment right now?

This map combines NOAA SWPC OVATION aurora probability, planetary Kp, and solar-wind measurements to show current space-weather conditions and where aurora activity is most likely. It is a situational-awareness view, not a forecast of ground-level infrastructure damage.

Source health

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Current planetary Kp

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Solar wind at L1

— km/s — nT Bz

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Map layers

OVATION aurora forecast
Forecast probability ≥10% • — cellsHigher-probability aurora
Forecast probability ≥50% • — cells

Probability legend

10–24%25–49%50–74%75–100%

How to read this map

Colored cells are NOAA's OVATION short-term aurora forecast. Kp is NOAA's planetary geomagnetic activity index. The map does not claim ground-level infrastructure damage. Higher geomagnetic activity can affect radio, navigation, satellite and power-system operations, but actual impacts depend on location, system design and event duration.

Sources & cadence

NOAA SWPC OVATION latest JSON: short-term aurora model output; refreshed here every 15 minutes while visible.

NOAA SWPC 1-minute planetary K-index JSON: operational planetary Kp values.

NOAA SWPC solar-wind speed summary and magnetic-field summary: upstream solar-wind context.

NOAA SWPC Data Access.

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