Northern lights in Vilhelmina
Tonight's aurora chance in Vilhelmina — Kp index, darkness and cloud cover hour by hour.
Last updated 03:20 — the weather source is under heavy load right now, so these are the latest known values (we try again in about 2 min).
Kp right now
2.7
Highest Kp tonight
3.0
Needed here
Kp 3
What is Kp?
- Kp is a 0–9 scale for how disturbed the Earth's magnetic field is. The higher the Kp, the further south the aurora reaches.
- Here in Vilhelmina you normally need about Kp 3 for the aurora to reach the sky.
- Clouds beat everything: with an overcast sky even a strong storm stays invisible.
Chance hour by hour tonight
01:00
Possible
8 % clouds
Best hour
02:00
Possible
15 % clouds
03:00
Possible
27 % clouds
04:00
Possible
27 % clouds
20:00
Possible
40 % clouds
21:00
Possible
33 % clouds
22:00
Possible
53 % clouds
23:00
Small
92 % clouds
00:00
Small
100 % clouds
What do the numbers mean?
The percentage is tonight's lowest cloud cover. Lower numbers mean a clearer sky.
The badge combines Kp index, latitude and cloud cover.
Clouds are decisive: even a strong storm stays invisible under an overcast sky.
All places
Clouds = percentage, badge = aurora chance.Clouds = percentage, badge = aurora chance.
- Abisko5% cloudsVery good
- Kiruna1% cloudsVery good
- Gällivare0% cloudsVery good
- Jokkmokk0% cloudsGood
- Arjeplog5% cloudsGood
- Kalix0% cloudsGood
- Luleå0% cloudsGood
- Piteå0% cloudsGood
- Skellefteå1% cloudsPossible
- Vilhelmina8% cloudsPossible
- Lycksele6% cloudsPossible
- Umeå0% cloudsPossible
- Åre70% cloudsPossible
- Örnsköldsvik0% cloudsPossible
- Östersund23% cloudsPossible
- Sundsvall0% cloudsSmall
- Sveg10% cloudsSmall
- Mora5% cloudsSmall
- Gävle0% cloudsNone
- Karlstad15% cloudsNone
- Stockholm0% cloudsNone
- Göteborg86% cloudsNone
- Malmö92% cloudsNone