NO right now · Home

NO from Home right now — storm line 93 mi south · hemispheric power low · below Kp-rule oval · 0% cloud.

Should I drive?

LocationNowTonightBest-window cloudsDrive
Home homegeomag 50.6° NO
368 mi north 93 mi south HP-gated: horizon claims suppressed
GO
Kp 3.33 · 105 mi south
0% —
McClellan Viewpointgeomag 51.0° NO
331 mi north 130 mi south HP-gated: horizon claims suppressed
GO
Kp 3.33 · 142 mi south
0% 90 min
Windy Ridge Viewpointgeomag 51.2° NO
316 mi north 145 mi south HP-gated: horizon claims suppressed
GO
Kp 3.33 · 157 mi south
0% 180 min

View lines

conservative (110 km) storm (300 km)

Why Home can see it right now

tangent sight-line (your horizon) 100 km 300 km 1.4° up 1099 mi to the curtain Home (45.70°N) Curtain 1099 mi north · top 1.4° above your horizon (below 254 km altitude hidden by the curve) Curtain at the OVATION oval edge (61.6°N) · true scale, both axes

Right now

Kp now 1.67
Hemispheric power 24 GW
20 50 100
Bz (nT) red = southward = go —
Speed (km/s) —
Density (p/cm³) —

Tonight & tomorrow night — Home

Tonight

GO Kp 3.33 line 105 mi south · 0% cloud
Kp 3.33 · 105 mi south

Kp 3.33 drives this window

best window 18:56–04:56 — Kp 3.33 bin, 0% cloud, moon 15%, sets 20:11

dark 18:56–06:56 · moon 15%, sets 20:11

Tomorrow night

GO Kp 2.67 line 21 mi south · 0% cloud
Kp 2.67 · 21 mi south

Kp 2.67 drives this window

best window 18:54–01:54 — Kp 2.67 bin, 0% cloud, moon 22%, sets 20:59

dark 18:54–06:58 · moon 22%, sets 20:59

3-day Kp forecast

UTOct 15Oct 16Oct 17
00–03 UT 2.67 2.33 1.67
03–06 UT 3.33 2.67 1.67
06–09 UT 3 2 1.33
09–12 UT 2.33 1.67 1.33
12–15 UT 1.67 1.67 1.33
15–18 UT 1 2 1.33
18–21 UT 1.33 2 1.33
21–24 UT 2.33 2.67 1.67

Claude's read

No LLM analysis — conditions have not triggered a new statement.