About AuroraWatch UK
The aurora borealis (or northern lights) is a spectacular natural phenomenon which can occasionally be seen in the night sky over Britain. Once seen, it is never forgotten. AuroraWatch UK allows you to monitor geomagnetic...
The aurora borealis (or northern lights) is a spectacular natural phenomenon which can occasionally be seen in the night sky over Britain. Once seen, it is never forgotten. AuroraWatch UK allows you to monitor geomagnetic activity and will let you know when aurora MAY be visible from the UK.
Get alerts about increases in geomagnetic activity - triggered when the AuroraWatch status level changes; this indicates the relative likelihood of viewing an aurora in the UK.
See the current alert status - see Notes.
Read last 24 hours recent history.
30 minute forecast model from SWPC.
Please email
[email protected] with any issues.
PLEASE NOTE:
Phone settings such as Battery Saver which limit the phone getting push notifications will narrow or even close the aurora alert window.
If you are not receiving alerts check your phone's Settings/Notifications/App settings to see that Notifications for AuroraWatch UK are not turned off.
The app does not alert historically. If your phone is off or unable to connect to the internet when the status goes up but the level goes back down before the next data update you will receive no alert.
There is a necessary delay before alerts are sent since the data needs to 'settle down' as recommended by Lancaster University.
The alerts provided by Lancaster University tend to default to their Lancaster magnetometer for alerting though they do have others; most importantly one in Shetland. Naturally there is a greater chance of seeing an Aurora in Shetland but since that data is not (usually) used alerts are a little more 'pessimistic'. This is appropriate for those of us living in England but less so for those further north.
The AuroraWatch UK (Android) app is developed and maintained by Smallbouldering Projects, it is not an 'Official' app.
AuroraWatch UK alerts data is provided by Lancaster University, UK using data from the SAMNET and/or AuroraWatchNet magnetometer networks: Read more about this here:
http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/introduction
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of AuroraWatch UK since it was posted on our website on 2019-10-25 13:06:07.
The latest version is 1.83 and it was updated on 2024-04-26 18:33:20. See below the changes in each version.
AuroraWatch UK version 1.83
Updated At: 2024-04-25
Changes: Indicate that Status descriptions are from the University of Lancaster and not the AuroraWatch UK app
AuroraWatch UK version 1.82
Updated At: 2023-12-18
Changes: Fix interim error populating statuses - no data shown.
AuroraWatch UK version 1.80
Updated At: 2023-12-12
Changes: Show last alert (for a limited period) to avoid confusion with alert hour.
AuroraWatch UK version 1.79
Updated At: 2023-12-01
Changes: Do not show End User Licence Agreement for every update. Instead show update changes in the About view.
Amend alert text to say the time the alert arrived not the hour the alert was in.
AuroraWatch UK version 1.76
Updated At: 2023-11-21
Changes: Bug fixes.
AuroraWatch UK version 1.72
Updated At: 2023-11-15
AuroraWatch UK version 1.70
Updated At: 2023-11-06
Changes: Fix ANR in graph setup
AuroraWatch UK version 1.66
Updated At: 2023-08-16
Changes: Added a warning in Settings if notifications are disabled for AuroraWatch UK on your phone.
AuroraWatch UK version 1.64
Updated At: 2023-05-29
Changes: Add vibrate to alert notifications.
Fix bug where scroll up refreshed the list rather than scrolling up.
AuroraWatch UK version 1.60
Updated At: 2023-03-25
Changes: Fix issue on some phones when refreshing.
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