The conditions for experiencing the northern lights will be brilliant around Iceland after midnight tonight. The skies will start to clear late tonight, and by midnight they should be clear or partly clear all around the country. According the excellent aurora forecast by The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) we can expect high or grade 5 northern lights activity tonight.
IMO explains that grade 2 (low activity) can be beautiful and grade 3 (moderate) can be dazzling. Grade 5 has the potential of being truly spectacular.
Read more: Beautiful short film commemorating a week of fantastic northern lights
Be sure to dress warmly if you are heading for northern lights hunting as the mercury will drop to or below zero degrees Celsius (32 F) throughout the country in the evening. See IMO's forecast.
Read more: Learn all about the Aurora on this new interactive website
According to IMO it will be dark from 17.35 (5.35 pm) to 9.40 (9.40 am). Sunset is at 16.30 (4.30 pm) and the nearly full moon rises at 1.27 (1.27 am). The best conditions for spotting the Northern Lights should be between midnight and five in the morning.
If you catch beautiful photos of the Northern Lights tonight, share them with us!
The conditions for experiencing the northern lights will be brilliant around Iceland after midnight tonight. The skies will start to clear late tonight, and by midnight they should be clear or partly clear all around the country. According the excellent aurora forecast by The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) we can expect high or grade 5 northern lights activity tonight.
IMO explains that grade 2 (low activity) can be beautiful and grade 3 (moderate) can be dazzling. Grade 5 has the potential of being truly spectacular.
Read more: Beautiful short film commemorating a week of fantastic northern lights
Be sure to dress warmly if you are heading for northern lights hunting as the mercury will drop to or below zero degrees Celsius (32 F) throughout the country in the evening. See IMO's forecast.
Read more: Learn all about the Aurora on this new interactive website
According to IMO it will be dark from 17.35 (5.35 pm) to 9.40 (9.40 am). Sunset is at 16.30 (4.30 pm) and the nearly full moon rises at 1.27 (1.27 am). The best conditions for spotting the Northern Lights should be between midnight and five in the morning.
If you catch beautiful photos of the Northern Lights tonight, share them with us!
