Aurora Alert Realtime | Aurora Borealis Forecast

Pyhä and Luosto have chosen Aurora Alert Realtime

Seeing the magnificent Northern Lights is a must for many visitors in Lapland. Now Pyhä and Luosto, a ski and outdoor destinations in Finnish Lapland, are the first to offer a real-time, free-of-charge Aurora Alert Realtime system for all the visitors in the area. Pyhä and Luosto have less light pollution than cities, which makes these two resorts extremely good destinations to experience and also photograph the Northern Lights.

“In Pyhä-Luosto we believe that Aurora Alert Realtime will help our visitors to get the better experience of the Northern Lights. System gives reliable information of the visibility of the Northern Lights in these two resorts because the technology is based on local sensors. The best thing is that our visitors can just enjoy their holiday and let the Aurora Alert Realtime watch the sky for them.” says Ms. Anu Summanen, the Executive Manager of Visit Pyhä-Luosto.

You can use “Aurora Alert Realtime – Pyha” and “Aurora Alert Realtime – Luosto” right away, no matter where you are now, in Argentina, Canada, Japan, China, Australia, Italy, England or here in Finland. Just click the button “Luosto press here” or “Pyha press here” and get Last Minute Forecasts and Alerts when Northern Lights are visible.

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Aurora Alert informs you immediately via PWA, App and SMS

Aurora Alert Realtime alerts when auroras are visible in Rovaniemi, Luosto and Pyhä regions in Finland. This is the only aurora service which uses own sensors, making the service accuracy, informative and reliable. From this webpage you can read the latest aurora- and weather forecasts for coming night.

In case of alert, you will get alert via App, PWA and SMS.
Normally, auroras are visible from 15 to 60 minutes, when circumstances are favorable. When circumstances are in borderline, auroras may be visible only few minutes. The service gives you opportunity to see auroras although they are visible only short time. During same evening and night, auroras intensity can change from weak to strong which lights up the whole sky. The alert messages contains aurora intensity information, offering you the chance to see the best auroras.

Making reliable prediction when you can see auroras is very difficult. Solar wind which cause auroras, can travel from the sun to Earth in day or two (speed of solar wind can vary from 300 – 1000 km/s). This means that all predictions contain inaccuracy several hours, sometimes even 10 to 20 hours. Furthermore cloud situation affect to possibility to see auroras. Aurora Alert Realtime service sends alert, indicates direction and tells the intensity of auroras when they are visible.

Rovaniemi, Pyhä- and Luosto areas: PWA, App (free of charge). SMS available (from Onlineshop below)

What is PWA

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are web applications that are reliable and fast first load, no Play- or App Store needed.

Arctic Tree House Hotel, World Luxury Hotel Awards 2017 Winner and Santa’s Hotels’ glass igloos in Arctic Circle use Aurora Alert Realtime.

Arctic Light Hotel, Best Hotel in Finland 2017 Santa Claus Holiday Village, Trip Advisor Travellers’ choice 2017 recommends Aurora Alert Realtime. Catai, big spanish tour operator recommends and uses Aurora Alert Realtime for clients in Rovaniemi.

See Per Byhring’s excellent video how auroras are formed.

Read Dr. Steve Marple’s, Lancaster University, Aurora Watch UK blog.“Why Kp index is poor indicator for auroral alerts”

AURORA FORECAST

Cloud layers significantly affect to the possibility to see the Auroras.
The best possibility to see Auroras is in clear weather, when the stars are visible.
If it is raining or snowing, the Auroras cannot be seen, no matter how powerful they may be above the cloud layers.
Please note ! The forecast sometimes differ from the actual situation.

Probability of Auroras:

HIGH = auroras appear almost certainly
MODERATE = most likely auroras appears
LOW = there is a small chance that auroras appear,usually they are visible only few minutes , 3..10 minutes

Overall chance:

HIGH = Excellent chance to see auroras
MODERATE = Good chance to see auroras
LOW = circumstances are not the best ones but if you have luck, you may see auroras

Probability of Auroras

Overall chance to see Auroras on the earth level:

Probability of Auroras

Overall chance to see Auroras on the earth level:

Probability of Auroras

Overall chance to see Auroras on the earth level:

Probability of Auroras

Overall chance to see Auroras on the earth level:

Season 2019 - 2020

This season was in line with the forecasts for the Aurora Borealis. Last fall, NASA predicted that Solar Minimum will be in 2019-2020 and so it was. Auroras were mostly weak and lasted shorter than normal, with a few exceptions. In addition, many times cloudiness prevent us to see auroras even they exists. The best possibilities during this season to see Auroras were in the early autumn and now in the spring when the weather is clear. Solar Maximums and Minimums in Wikipedia.