Aurora Forecast - Lumavik

Planning a trip to see the northern lights is mostly a question of timing and place. Lumavik helps with both.

Before you book, the dark-hours calendar on lumavik.org shows which months your destination is dark enough to see anything, and the geomagnetic latitude calculator explains why one town sees aurora more often than another at the same map latitude.

Once you are there, the iPhone app gives you one chance score for tonight at your exact spot (Unlikely, Low, Possible or Likely), the current Kp index and a 3-day forecast in 3-hour blocks. The aurora oval map, drawn from the NOAA OVATION model, shows where activity is strongest right now.

Arm an alert for your location and Lumavik sends a push when the aurora is likely near you, so you can stay warm indoors until it is worth going out. A red night-vision theme keeps your eyes dark-adapted once you are outside.

The forecast, the map and one alert location are free. Lumavik Pro adds several saved locations for multi-stop trips, custom alert thresholds and an hourly timeline. All data comes from the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center.