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NORTHERN & SOUTHERN LIGHTS

Aurora Forecast Map Widget

NOAA’s short-term OVATION auroral oval for both hemispheres, with model observation and valid times.

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Installation

  1. Copy the code into a custom HTML block on your website. WordPress, school sites and publisher pages must allow iframes.
  2. The widget loads independently of your page. Allow https://www.spaceweathertracker.com in your site’s frame-src policy.
  3. Keep the frame’s stated height, or make it taller. Narrow screens may scroll within the frame; do not crop its attribution.

About the readings

Both hemispheres use NOAA’s original polar-projection images. Colors show modeled auroral probability; the 10% legend is not a separate ground-viewing boundary. The OVATION oval estimates short-term activity, typically tens of minutes ahead, not guaranteed visibility. Clouds, daylight, terrain and viewing latitude matter. Grid and image updates may differ; the image’s printed times govern that map. This is NOAA’s model, not an independent SWT prediction. The full Aurora Forecast page provides separately labeled Kp-derived viewing-line estimates.

Example use cases

Aurora photography guides, travel resources, astronomy clubs and science educators.

Free to use with visible SWT attribution. Not for navigation, emergency decisions or safety-of-life applications.

Refresh, sources & privacy

Data loads asynchronously and is checked every five minutes while the widget is visible. Observation timestamps belong to the source; forecast-valid times and ephemeris calculation times are labeled separately. A refresh failure preserves last available data with a warning. The widget sets no cookies, stores no location history, and includes no ads or analytics scripts. Standard hosting request logs may still be retained.

If your site blocks frames, shows an empty preview or strips HTML, check its iframe permissions and content security policy. During upstream outages, use the widget’s Refresh control. No API key or account is required.