Check Northern Lights

We flew 7,500 km and saw nothing but clouds.

Rovaniemi. We had flown all the way from home for this — my wife, our seven-year-old son, and one very expensive aurora tour already paid for.

We drove into the forest, waited two hours, and saw nothing. The sky was a solid grey ceiling. Not one star. We drove back in silence.

I'm a sailor. I cross oceans by reading weather charts. So I spent the next day studying aurora forecasts — cloud patterns, Kp index, solar wind. That evening, I picked my own window, went out, and the sky lit up green from horizon to horizon.

One missed tour taught me everything. Now you don't have to learn it the hard way. This site combines two weather models with live solar data — free, no agenda, just an honest answer before you go out.