Maine Aurora Borealis Watch

Good evening and welcome to the MABW official forecast, 22:04 UTC November 20. A weak substorm is developing with possible moderate activity over the next couple hours with the first small surge happening in about a half hour perhaps. Not a giant storm, but possible viewings if you catch it right.

Good evening and welcome to the official MABW forecast for November 19, UTC 22:50 and then of course into November 20. A weak substorm is in evidence, not really much that we’re going to see a lot. Current conditions: Solar Wind Speed: 369 km/sec, Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 6 nT, Bz -2 nT Not much activity after this plays out.

Good evening and welcome to the New Universal Day, November 18, 2025, 01:19 UTC. A minor (yellow alert) geomagnetic storm is happening. Current conditions are not very favorable: But, things can swing widely and quickly. It’s cloudy up north. A quick look at the webcam indeed reveals some color but hopelessly blocked by clouds. Midcoast […]

Good evening and welcome to the MABW forecast, 00:01 UTC November 16, 2025. A weak substorm is in progress. We had stronger storming a few hours ago, but, things have fallen off. Current Conditions: I am watching this pretty closely, however, because we do have a large-ish coronal hole facing us currently. At times like […]

Current Conditions: Solar Wind Speed: 542 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 6 nT, Bz 3 nT Good evening and welcome to the MABW forecast for November 15, UTC 00:00. Well, it’s still November 14, but, by the time I get done with all this, probably, it will be tomorrow in space. A weak substorm is developing. Slight chances of viewing but it […]

ok it’s go time. MAJOR GEOMAGNETIC STORM ALERT. If you are in the clear, no clouds, no light pollution:

Good evening and welcome to the official MABW forecast, UTC November 12, 2025, 23:27. Which in Maine time is 6:27. Rollover time, as I like to call it, is when we rollover to the new universal day, and it’s also when the data from SWPC updates. Currently, I’m seeing bad alignment of the arriving solar […]