Maine Aurora Borealis Watch

Welcome to the New Universal Day, Star Date 00:20 UTC August 17. A mild substorm is in progress. Solar Wind Speed: 344 km/sec, Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 4 nT, Bz -1 nT. May get a little stronger, with things kind of maxing out in another hour or so. Possible sightings on camera as soon as it is dark.

Good evening! I don’t usually forecast this far in advance, but, with the new tool of the blog, it’s a little easier! Things get buried pretty quickly on the Facebook group, so a long-range is not that useful. True, “long range” in aurora forecasting is kind of impossible, as I am constantly telling you, but […]

Not much chance of aurora tonight- there is a very weak geomagnetic storm that will most likely be drowned out by the 52% moon when it rises in a couple hours. It’s clear though, so in the morning, we might be able to see Mercury joining the Venus and Jupiter line-up. Saturn was seemingly behind […]

1:48 am Maine earth time/5:48 UTC a very weak substorm is developing. If you are in the clear, in a situation of non-light pollution and conditions IMPROVE very slightly, there is a possibility of sighting on camera. Still struggling with the moon. Actually conditions are improving. Our current numbers are Solar Wind Speed: 435 km/sec, […]

Good evening and welcome to a late “welcome to the new universal day.” Most of the Great State of Maine is socked in clouds currently, but Laurie, one of our admin team on the MABW, alerted me to the fact that Northern Aroostook is not. There is a VERY weak substorm in progress, and if […]

Welcome to the new universal day, Star Date 00:00 UTC August 13, 2025. We’re having a very small substorm burst right now, probably absolutely no way of seeing anything with the brightness of the moon still, but, it’s happening and who knows. Even if you don’t see an aurora, it is an absolutely gorgeous night […]