Aurora Tonight

Whether it's worth heading out for the northern lights over Reine tonight — NOAA's space-weather model, the cloud forecast, and the hours of real darkness, in plain words.

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Tonight

Possible — keep an eye out

There’s a chance. Worth a glance outside if you’re up, especially well away from town lights.

Skies look mostly clear over the dark hours.

Overhead chance now

NOAA’s modelled chance of aurora directly overhead

4.7

Expected Kp tonight

Planetary activity — higher means a stronger, wider display

Darkest 19:50–06:10

Skies

Night

Dark hours

Expected Kp

Sky

Tue 13 Oct

19:50–06:10

4· may reach viewing levels

Cloudy

Wed 14 Oct

19:50–06:10

3.3· may reach viewing levels

Cloudy

Thu 15 Oct

19:40–06:20

2.7· may reach viewing levels

Patchy

If you go out

Get away from the village and the E10's lights — even a short walk to a darker spot, or down toward the water, makes a real difference.

Look toward the north first, then scan the rest of the sky; a strong display can fill it.

Give your eyes about 20 minutes to adjust to the dark, and keep bright phone screens dimmed.

Check the cloud forecast before you head out — on a clouded night the aurora won't show however strong it is.

Dress far warmer than you think you need to, and mind your footing in the dark — don't go up Reinebringen for it; the stairway is closed and dangerous in the snow months.

Be patient: the lights come and go over minutes and hours, so a quiet sky can wake up later.

Worth knowing

Right under the auroral belt

Reine sits at almost 68° north, beneath the band where the northern lights appear most often. You don't need a big storm on the sun for the light to stand over you here — what has to come together is three things: a dark enough sky, a clear enough sky, and a little activity. This page puts the three together for the nights ahead.

It still needs a clear sky

Space weather is only half the story, and in Lofoten the weather is the hard half. A storm overhead does nothing if cloud or one of the squalls that roll in off the sea is in the way, so this page weighs the cloud forecast over the dark hours alongside the activity. A promising night can be hidden by cloud, and a quiet one can still surprise you.

What the numbers mean

The activity figure is NOAA's Kp model — an estimate of how strong the aurora is, not a promise. Treat a good night as a chance worth stepping outside to check, not a guarantee, and a calm night as still worth a look this far north.