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Primed · Aurora status

Storm-favorable — watch now

PRIMEDG3 Watch
  • The solar wind is storm-favorable right now: southward Bz (−12 nT sustained ~20 min) + elevated speed (642 km/s). You have roughly 39 minutes of lead time before conditions may worsen.
  • NOAA has issued a G3 geomagnetic storm watch valid from 2026 Feb 01 1800 UTC.
~39 minlead time ·642 km/s·SOLAR-1
high confidence
NOAA SWPC: G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storm watch in effect for Feb 1–2.Solar flare X1.3 detected — CME arrival expected in ~39 hours.Kp reached 6 at 03:42 UTC — G2 conditions ongoing in Canada and northern Europe.ACE spacecraft: Bz −14 nT sustained for 18 minutes.Alert: Elevated solar wind density — 8 p/cm³.NOAA: Minor radio blackout (R1) on the sunlit side.NOAA SWPC: G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storm watch in effect for Feb 1–2.Solar flare X1.3 detected — CME arrival expected in ~39 hours.Kp reached 6 at 03:42 UTC — G2 conditions ongoing in Canada and northern Europe.ACE spacecraft: Bz −14 nT sustained for 18 minutes.Alert: Elevated solar wind density — 8 p/cm³.NOAA: Minor radio blackout (R1) on the sunlit side.

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Auroral oval · live

The glowing band marks where aurora is statistically overhead right now, modeled from the OVATION auroral precipitation forecast.

Propagation

From the Sun to your sky

Solar wind measured at the SOLAR-1 spacecraft near the L1 point — about 1.5 million km sunward — gives us a short but crucial lead time before it reaches Earth.

SunSource
L1 · SOLAR-11.5M km · measured now
EarthAurora ignites

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Estimated lead time

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Solar wind speed

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Distance to L1

Live conditions

Every number behind the verdict

The raw drivers of tonight's forecast, straight from NOAA SWPC and the L1 spacecraft — updated continuously.

Kp Index

6/9

Bz (IMF)

-12nT

Southward — storm-favorable

Solar Wind Speed

642km/s

Elevated

Density

8p/cm³

Proton density

Hemi Power

68GW

Northern hemisphere

Spacecraft

SOLAR-1

Kp Gauge

04.596KP INDEX
Data table
MetricValue
Kp Index6
Scale max9

IMF Bz — Last 30 min

+200−20-12 nT
Data table
MetricValue
Current Bz-12 nT
DirectionSouthward

3-Day Kp Forecast

G1D1345D2676D354433203579
Data table
PeriodKp
T+6h3
T+12h4
T+18h5
T+24h6
T+30h7
T+36h6
T+42h5
T+48h4
T+54h4
T+60h3
T+66h3
T+72h2

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