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These plots provide an estimate of the location, extent, and intensity of auroral
activity on a global basis. Regions under the yellow, orange or red areas have a higher
likelyhood of experiencing visible aurora.
The red arrow in the plot points to local noon.
The aurora activity level (listed to the left of the plot) is a general indication of
how far from the magnetic pole aurora may be visible:
| activity level |
visible at magnetic latitude |
| 1 |
67.5 |
| 2 |
66.5 |
| 3 |
65.6 |
| 4 |
63.9 |
| 5 |
62.5 |
| 6 |
60.7 |
| 7 |
58.6 |
| 8 |
56.7 |
| 9 |
54.6 |
| 10 |
51.0 |
| 10+ |
48.5 |
| 10++ |
45.0 |
Magnetic latitude is analogous to normal latitude, except the 90°
point is the magnetic pole instead of the actual pole. The magnetic latitude for several
cites is as follows:
| north america |
|
europe & asia |
|
southern hemisphere |
| Atlanta |
44.5 |
|
Athens |
31.3 |
|
Adelaide |
45.9 |
| Boston |
51.7 |
|
Beijing |
34.1 |
|
Asuncion |
16.0 |
| Chicago |
52.2 |
|
Berlin |
48.3 |
|
Buenos Aries |
23.3 |
| Dallas |
42.7 |
|
Copenhagen |
51.9 |
|
Canberra |
45.0 |
| Denver |
48.3 |
|
Edinburgh |
53.0 |
|
Capetown |
41.5 |
| Havana |
34.1 |
|
Irkutsk |
47.0 |
|
Christchurch |
49.9 |
| Los Angeles |
39.8 |
|
London |
47.5 |
|
Durban |
38.8 |
| Mexico City |
29.1 |
|
Madrid |
33.3 |
|
Harare |
29.0 |
| Minneapolis |
55.1 |
|
Moscow |
51.8 |
|
Jakarta |
15.0 |
| Montreal |
55.0 |
|
Paris |
44.2 |
|
La Paz |
5.0 |
| New York |
50.6 |
|
Prague |
45.5 |
|
Melbourne |
48.4 |
| San Francisco |
42.5 |
|
Rome |
35.5 |
|
Montevideo |
25.0 |
| Seattle |
52.7 |
|
Seoul |
31.0 |
|
Perth |
43.9 |
| St. Louis |
49.2 |
|
St. Petersburg |
56.1 |
|
Punta Arenas |
38.6 |
| Toronto |
53.9 |
|
Tokyo |
29.0 |
|
Santiago |
20.0 |
| Washington D.C. |
49.1 |
|
Vladivostok |
36.5 |
|
Sydney |
43.5 |
| Winnipeg |
59.5 |
|
Warsaw |
46.7 |
|
Wellington |
48.0 |
Auroral activity does not have to reach all the way to your magnetic latitude to
be visible. Aurora as much as 5° polewards from your location can usually be seen.
The statistical pattern depicting the auroral oval is determined from the power flux
observed during the most recent polar satellite pass. The power fluxes in the statistical
pattern are color coded on a scale from 0 to 10 ergs/cm2/sec according to the
color bar on the right.
The pattern has been oriented with respect to the underlying geographic map using the
current universal time, updated every ten minutes.
Data provided by the Space Environment Center
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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