These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more data, at www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast. The listings below will be updated and published weekly until next spring.
Monday, March 18
Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: First Quarter.
Tuesday, March 19
Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: First Quarter.
Wednesday, March 20
Auroral activity will be high. Weather permitting, highly active auroral displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Bethel, Dillingham and Ketchikan, and visible low on the horizon from King Salmon. Moon phase: First Quarter.
Thursday, March 21
Auroral activity will be high. Weather permitting, highly active auroral displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Bethel, Dillingham and Ketchikan, and visible low on the horizon from King Salmon. Moon phase: First Quarter.
Friday, March 22
Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous.
Saturday, March 23
Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous.
Sunday, March 24
Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Utqiaġvik to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau. Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous.
