Location forecast
Aurora forecast for Ljusdal, Gävleborg, Sweden
Live viewing forecast tuned to your latitude (61.83°N).
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Status: NO ACTIVITY EXPECTEDQuiet — high latitudes only
Geomagnetic field is calm. Only Alaska, northern Canada, Iceland, and northern Scandinavia have a real chance right now.
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Today's Forecast Peak
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Where can you see the aurora right now?
Live NOAA auroral-oval data shows how far south the aurora is currently reaching.
Aurora activity is reaching your latitude
📍 Ljusdal, Gävleborg, Sweden · Current Kp: 2.7
You're inside tonight's aurora zone (0.8° north of the visibility line). Look toward the northern horizon after dark.
Current visibility line: ~53 mi south of you.
Kp measures the disturbance of Earth's magnetic field. Higher Kp generally pushes the auroral oval farther toward lower latitudes.
What this means for Ljusdal, Gävleborg, Sweden
Right now, geomagnetic activity (Kp 2.7) is strong enough for the aurora to reach your latitude. If skies are dark and clear where you are, this could be a good time to look toward the northern horizon.
What else matters
Geographic auroral activity isn't the same as visible aurora — you also need dark skies and clear weather.
Updated live from NOAA SWPC.
Mean visibility probability, northern hemisphere (≥ 45° N)
Peak on grid: 11%
🔍 Forecast Analytics & Empirical Reasoning
- • Planetary Kp Index: 2.7
- • Solar Wind Velocity: 602 km/s
- • Interplanetary Magnetic Field (Bz): 1.1 nT (Northward / Closed)
- • Proton Density Volume: 0.8 p/cm³
- • Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) Impact Vector: Ambient Stream / No Recent Impact Detected
Aurora Forecast Confidence: 65%
Solar Flare Forecast Confidence Tier: LOW (Reliability Index: 55% — driven by real NOAA Active Region magnetic complexity, no forecasted percentage exists for flares, only observed classification)
Geomagnetic Storm Confidence: Medium (Based on L1 spacecraft to ground-magnetometer verification alignment)
• Factors Influencing Current Confidence: Calculated based on elevated solar wind speed.
3-Day outlook
NOAA Kp forecastBest time & typical odds
Best time to see the northern lights in Ljusdal, Gävleborg, Sweden
- Geomagnetic latitude
- 60.6°N
- dipole model, not map latitude
- Kp usually needed
- Kp 3.1
- no storm needed
- How often (NOAA average)
- ~132 days/yr
- days at G1 or stronger; aurora is possible on quieter nights too
- Best months
- March, September, October
- equinox seasons with real darkness
Ljusdal, Gävleborg, Sweden sits at about 60.6°N geomagnetic latitude. Aurora typically reaches this latitude at around Kp 3.1 or higher, and the best chance is under a dark, clear sky away from city lights, facing north.
Aurora is usually most active in the hours around local magnetic midnight, which for most places is within a few hours of local midnight. Geomagnetic storms are also more frequent around the March and September equinoxes (the Russell–McPherron effect), which is why those months are listed above, provided the sky gets properly dark.
Month-by-month darkness and Moon
| Month | Darkness (15th) | Nights with dim Moon | Storm season |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2 h | 32% | — |
| February | 10.2 h | 36% | — |
| March | 7.4 h | 29% | Equinox |
| April | 1.8 h | 30% | Equinox |
| May | none | 29% | — |
| June | none | 30% | — |
| July | none | 26% | — |
| August | none | 29% | — |
| September | 5.8 h | 33% | Equinox |
| October | 9.3 h | 32% | Equinox |
| November | 11.7 h | 33% | — |
| December | 12.7 h | 35% | — |
Darkness = hours with the Sun more than 18° below the horizon on the 15th. Dim Moon = share of nights in 2026 when the Moon is under 25% lit at local solar midnight.
How often each storm level happens (NOAA)
| Level | Kp | Days per solar cycle |
|---|---|---|
| G1 Minor | 5 | 900 |
| G2 Moderate | 6 | 360 |
| G3 Strong | 7 | 130 |
| G4 Severe | 8 | 60 |
| G5 Extreme | 9 | 4 |
Sources: NOAA SWPC Space Weather Scales (storm levels, latitudes and frequency); IGRF-13 geomagnetic pole; Moon and Sun positions calculated on this site. The Kp-needed figure below Kp 6 is an approximation. Storm counts are long-term averages that cluster around solar maximum, so any single year can differ a lot. This section does not use cloud forecasts; check the live conditions above for tonight.
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Tonight's Sky Over Ljusdal, Gävleborg, Sweden
Here's what's actually happening above Ljusdal, Gävleborg, Sweden tonight, based on live satellite telemetry.
Current Environmental Conditions
The current planetary Kp index reads 2.7 and the Moon at 1% illumination (New Moon).
Why This Happens
With Kp currently at 2.7, Earth's magnetosphere is in a relatively calm state — the aurora oval sits closer to the poles than it does during active storms.
Observation & Gear Tips
Conditions are moderate — check the live hourly cloud forecast above for the clearest window tonight.
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