Over the past 6 years I have been gathering the Best Aurora links for Finland links from friends and from my own research for seeing the Northern Lights.
I have tried to put a concise description for each of the northern lights links. This page will save you hours of searching across the net. Each link opens in a new tab so you can come back and try another link.
Aurora Apps with clear data
My Aurora Forecast – Aurora Alerts Northern Lights
https://play.google.com/store/
SpaceWeatherLive – similar to the website. But its pocket sized.
https://play.google.com/store/
Websites
Northern lights links with data for KP, – Bz and solar wind speed
Websites with a lot of data that give you current and predictive data. They help no end if you know that a storm is going on you will see if its going to get stronger or if it will be going on for another 2 hours.
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/ Predicting Aurora. News, Solar Flare Alerts.
https://jemma.mobi/mittarit?e Current scales of BZ, Density, KP etc
https://jemma.mobi/noaa27d?e Long term KP prediction
http://aurorasnow.fmi.fi/public_service/index.html Finland’s prediction Service. Webcams and activity scales. Available in English. With a bit of search you will find an email sign up for Northern lights alerts when it is a high KP.
https://virmalised.ee/aurora-alerts/ Current data in a clear format, webcams.
https://www.lightpollutionmap.info Light pollution map.
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/ Predicting Aurora. News, Solar Flare Alerts.
https://jemma.mobi/mittarit?e Current scales of BZ, Density, KP etc
https://jemma.mobi/noaa27d?e Long term KP prediction
http://aurorasnow.fmi.fi/public_service/index.html Finland’s prediction Service. Webcams and activity scales. Available in English. The northern lights links are really useful here, with a bit of search you will find an email sign up for Northern lights alerts when it is a high KP.
https://virmalised.ee/aurora-alerts/ Current data in a clear format, webcams.
https://www.lightpollutionmap.info Light pollution map.
Weather forecast, clouds for Nordic areas. Some are in Finnish.
Clouds and cloud cover. This is very useful in areas where it can be cloudy quite often. For example in Uusimaa – Southern Finland it is quite often cloudy when the rest of Finland is cloud free.
https://www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/pilvet-pohjoismaat Cloud cover history.
https://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html Cloud cover history. This Norwegian weather map is high quality and very clear.
https://www.foreca.fi/Finland/Espoo/map/cloud a low detail Finnish based cloud map.
https://www.foreca.fi/Finland/Helsinki/map/visirsat a better detailed map of clouds over Finland.
combine your aurora links with the Weather Forecast.
Try 1 or 2 places when checking this will give you an average ide on temperature and predictions of the weather.
https://www.iltalehti.fi/saa/Suomi/Helsinki Change your location to where you are at the magnifying glass / search logo.
https://www.supersaa.fi/suomi/helsinki/ Change your location where you are at the magnifying glass / search logo and the words – Hae Paikkaa.
https://sataako.fi/ rain radar from one hour back to present time. Very useful and high detail.
Sky cams, video streams.
These aurora links for webcams will help keep you warm and safe. If the skies are clear it usually means that is cold outside. Stay safe. stay warm
http://aurorasnow.fmi.fi/ Finnsh based sky cams / Webcams
https://www.ursa.fi/yhd/tampereenursa/ Tampere is quite close to Helsinki. It gives a fair representation of how visible the Northern Lights can be in the South of Finland.
We are not in collaboration with any company. But these links below are privately run and some are used for advertising their holiday locations. Use these northern lights links for staying warm in doors and enjoying the Northern Lights in the comfort of your own home. Most of them are quite far north so they only need a low KP for a reasonable Display.
https://aurora.live/camera/
https://virmalised.ee/aurora-live-cameras/
http://yllaslogcabins.com/ Scroll down to find the cam
This page is an extended version of The Basics
For more northern lights links visit some of my other pages. I am trying to compile as much information as I can to make your life easier chasing the Aurora
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