Fly Away Cafe » aurora-borealis http://www.blisstree.com/flyawaycafe Travel Tips and Destination Suggestions from a Flight Attendant Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 UAF Forecasts Northern Lights Viewing http://www.blisstree.com/flyawaycafe/uaf-forecasts-northern-lights-viewing/ http://www.blisstree.com/flyawaycafe/uaf-forecasts-northern-lights-viewing/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:57:38 +0000 Mary Jo Manzanares http://www.flyawaycafe.com/uaf-forecasts-northern-lights-viewing/ Post from: Fly Away Cafe

]]> Forecasting Aurora Borealis viewingIf you’ll be traveling in Alaska here is one site that you need to bookmark and come back to often, the University of Alaska at Fairbank’s Geophysical Institute.

There’s a bunch of stuff there that I don’t understand, but the really important information for travelers is that the site tries to forecast the aurora borealis. 

The Northern Lights are unpredictable, at best, and I’ve only seen them a handful of times, but now the UAF tries to map out a 28-day forecast.  Just like you check the weather forecast, now you can check the aurora borealis forecast.

The downside to the forecasting, however, is that although the lights may be dancing all over the sky, a cloud layer, or some other weather problem, can still inhibit the viewing.

Still, I think this is very cool.

Via Gadling

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