Space Weather and Aurora Forecasting
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Hi windy. First off what a great app. What is the possibility of including a layer to forcast the possibility of seeing the aurora. Having a tool like that would allow us that are not normally in a high enough region to see them have the potential if the aurora become strong enough to get into lower longitudes. Thanks
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@skippy13
To see the aurora, first of all, you need clear skies (no clouds).
So, you must start from here:
https://www.windy.com/?clouds,61.648,-45.703,3,a:FFMFFAfter then, you must know if the solar activity (solar wind)
is adequate for aurora.
For short term (1 hr) aurora forecast, see:
http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/ -
example:
observers in Canada, can not see aurora, because of clouds.
observers in Alaska have a 30 to 50% probability
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It would be great to combine all the windy maps with a new layer of the amount of light in place.
https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=4&lat=5759860&lon=1619364&layers=B0FFFFTFFFF
It's just a sugestion. Greetings.
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There is a typhoon coming here.I am so happy and excited.I want to swim in the sea.Hahaha!!!
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Hi,
Could you create a layer that shows the conditions for stargazing - i.e. taking into account light pollution and visibility. This would need to combine:
- sunrise/sunset
- moonrise/moonset/moon phase
- fixed light pollution from human sources (see https://www.lightpollutionmap.info )
- cloud cover
- fog
- aurora forecast (ideally it would be good to be able to see the layer with/without this included, as you may want to observe the aurora)
Algorithms for sun/moon are at: https://github.com/mourner/suncalc
Light pollution: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/help.html
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Hi @rbbot , thanks for your message with all the useful links! Although it's not our priority at the moment, we will note this idea in our backlog.
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Any chance of adding forecasts for Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis
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You would like something similar to:
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-3-day-forecast -
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The Dataset which is used by https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ can be found here: http://dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de/contact/showshort.php?id=escidoc:1541893&contactform
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Environment Canada provides astronomy forecasts https://weather.gc.ca/astro/index_e.html - I am not sure they do anything more than a North American model, or if anyone else provides anything similar. I use their cloudiness, transparency, and seeing forecast maps all the time through http://www.cleardarksky.com - Clear Dark Sky also models darkness relative to sunset/sunrise and moon brightness.
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Hi,
I've been using windy for a while to know where to go hiking, since the cloud/rain prediction allow me to estimate if a mountain is going to have nice weather or not.
That being said, I live in a region that gets aurora borealis during clear winter night. So I was woundering if there was any hope of seeing an aurora forecasting implementation in the future?
There are some resources that already do this such as the following webs sites:
- http://www.aurora-service.org/aurora-forecast/
- http://www.aurora-service.eu/
- https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
I think this implementation would be an amazing addition to the windy toolbox.
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That's exactly it. And also take into account location altitude and cloud cover
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A little suggestion, there are Aurora ovals overlays available in different Aurora prediction applications for mobile devices.
It would be really cool and useful to introduce this overlay into the app. Since Aurora spotting is always related to the weather. Very handy to have both cloud cover and Aurora oval in the same app.
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@skiterskiterio what a great idea! And maybe combining it with Northern Lights / Aurora borealis oval overlay?
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Predicting Aurora i think most Aurora Hunters know how to do and what it involves... there are plenty of tools on the web to predict.
What we need is an aurora oval overlay on a map, no matter the clouds. So we know more exactly where to go. This is an essential tool for Aurora spotting in northern Europe since the Aurora oval is not consistent and changes quite drastically dependent on the weather conditions in space, earth's magnetic field and the intensity overall. In northern Europe it is quite closely monitored in the northern countries.
Seeing the Aurora oval is most likely the most significant and essential tool in forecasting the Northern Lights. NOAA has provided data for years but has proven the last couple of years to be more and more un reliable and faulty by as much as two days + -. -
I miss some layers on Windy that I find handy.
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Current aurora and aurora forecast
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TPW (Total Precipitable Water). Like the one they have on Earthnullschool. I like to see how much water there actually is in the air in kg/m2. Not only the dew point temperature.
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Feels like-temperatures
Also, I wish it was possible to modify colors for the weather warning types, and the weather radar.
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Hey,
Is it possible to make a overly to see the activities from the aurora?
