Features

The helpful Northern Lights application you need for your long chasing night! Check out all the features we have available on the app.

Northern Lights Forecast

Northern Lights Forecast

Get the accurate real-time aurora forecast that updated every few minutes from trusted sources. Start chasing the aurora with the forecast that truly maximizes your chances.

Cloud Coverage

Cloud Coverage

Because cloud is the real enemy. Find comprehensive cloud coverage data, including high, middle, and low clouds, for Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the UK.

Aurora notifications

Aurora notifications

Instantly receive notifications when the aurora is visible or when someone else spotted it in real-time.

Personalized Aurora Alerts

Personalized Aurora Alerts

Pro version

Get real-time aurora alert notification by narrow down the kilometers range, so you never miss the aurora again.

Moments

Moments

Share your aurora photos and location with other aurora enthusiasts. Have more than 3 photos? By upgrading to the Pro Version, you can share unlimited moments per day.

Northern Lights Map and  Locations

Northern Lights Map and Locations

Share your approximate location when spotting aurora in real-time and see others' locations!

Track Your Aurora Success

Track Your Aurora Success

Pro version

Track your stats and store all your aurora moments, let others people discover your photos and keep track of your stats in one place.

Easy to Understand Metrics

Easy to Understand Metrics

Easily understand every metric that matters for Northern Lights forecasts, plus long-term forecast to plan your trip

Weather alerts

Weather alerts

Only in Iceland

Notify you of the weather alerts and storm warnings that occur around your location.

Official Aurora sources for more accurency

Using the accurate APIs to gather everything together
NOAA

NOAA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is an American scientific agency.

This is used to get the space and solar data for the aurora forecast.

TGO

TGO

Norwegian agency that maintains, gathers and provides space physics data from Norway.

Real-time aurora data for users located in Norway.

Leirvogur

Leirvogur

The agency that provides the data from the magnetometer located in Iceland.

Real-time aurora data for users located in Iceland.

IRF

IRF

The institute carries research and associated observatory activities in space physics.

Real-time aurora data for users located in Sweden.

FMI

FMI

The Finnish Meteorological Institute is the agency gathering and reporting space data.

Real-time aurora data for users located in Finland.

USGS

USGS

The United States Geological Survey scientific agency providing space data for Alaska and USA.

Real-time aurora data for users located in Alaska.

CARISMA

CARISMA

CARISMA (Canadian Array for Realtime Investigations of Magnetic Activity) is the magnetometer element of the Geospace Observatory Canada project.

Real-time aurora data for users located in Western Canada.

Belgingur

Belgingur

Belgingur are experts in high-resolution weather forecast and global Wind Energy.

This is used to get the weather forecast in Iceland.

Veðurstofa Íslands

Veðurstofa Íslands

Icelandic Meteorological Office is Iceland's national weather service.

Data for the weather alerts in Iceland.

MET

MET

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute is Norway's national meteorological institute.

It gives us the weather forecast for Nordics countries.

Vegagerðin

Vegagerðin

The Road and Coastal Administration constructs and maintains roads.

It gives us a real-time status for all the roads around Iceland.

DWD

DWD

Germany's National Meteorological Service, the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD).

It gives us the cloud data for Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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