NOAA Aurora 30-Minute Forecast

View of blue and green Earth looking down at the North Pole surrounded by light green lights representing the aurora. "NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Aurora Forecast" spelled out in upper left hand corner and "Probability of Aurora" green to yellow to red scale on bottom left
Levels
  • beginner
  • intermediate
  • advanced
NGSS
  • ps1
  • ps2
  • ps4
  • ess2
Requirements
  • low_tech
  • low_cost
Big Ideas
  • big_ideas_1.2
Helio Topics
  • aurora
  • space_weather
CreditNASA
Language
  • english

Earth aurora map updated every 30 minutes with description and links to additional information. Choose the Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere and play the animation on the map to predict the likelihood of aurora at different latitudes.