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NORTHERN LIGHTS

The aurora NOAA is seeing now

The oval is not a postcard. It is Earth’s upper atmosphere lighting where the solar wind slams the magnetosphere — a live collision, mapped by NOAA’s OVATION model the same way Space Weather Prediction Center desks watch it. Kp, the G-scale, proton flux, and the three-day forecast below are the numbers aviation and the grid already use. If the curtain is going to move tonight, it shows up here first.

NOAA OVATION aurora forecast, northern hemisphere
NOAA OVATION nowcast · north
NOAA OVATION aurora forecast, southern hemisphere
NOAA OVATION nowcast · south
Kp · planetary index
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Watches, warnings, and alerts as the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center issued them — the same government feed aviation, GPS, and grid operators read. Not a blog. Not a rumor.

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When the magnetosphere flinches

Kp is the official planetary index. G1–G5 is the NOAA geomagnetic storm scale published for operators, not for spectacle. Radio blackouts (R) ride GOES X-rays at light speed. Radiation storms (S) are GOES proton flux. Three letters. That is the whole language of a solar storm on Earth.

The greatest expected 3 hr Kp for Oct 24-Oct 26 2026 is 3.67 (below NOAA Scale levels).

Solar radiation, as observed by NOAA GOES-18 over the past 24 hours, was below S-scale storm level thresholds.

Radio Blackout Activity and Forecast No radio blackouts were observed over the past 24 hours. Radio Blackout Forecast for Oct 24-Oct 26 2026 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 R1-R2 15% 15% 15% R3 or greater 1% 1% 1% Rationale: There is a slight chance for isolated R1-R2 (Minor-Moderate) radio blackouts over 24-26 Oct.

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