UPDATED at 19:31: The IMO has updated the strenght of the Aurora activity tonight, Monday to 7 – Strong. With clear skies this is the best Aurora forecast we at Iceland Insider have seen for a long time!
If you were planning to catch a glimpse of the Aurora during your stay in Iceland you should keep your eyes on the sky tonight! The Icelandic Meteorological Office is predicting both a strong Aurora activity and mostly clear skies over Iceland tonight. The best chance to catch a clear sky, and therefore see the Northern Lights, in Reykjavík and West Iceland will be shortly before midnight.
The IMO is forecasting an grade 7 northern lights activity, or high activity tonight. Tomorrow the activity will be even greater, or level 6, very high. However, the cloud conditions tomorrow evening might make it harder to catch a glimpse of nature's greatest show.
The IMO explains that grade 2 (low activity) can be beautiful and grade 3 (moderate) can be dazzling. A grade 5 or 6 activity can produce some truly spectacular displays.
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: They camped out while travelling around Iceland hunting for the northern lights
According to IMO it will be dark from 20:54 (8:54 pm) to 6:11 (6:11 am). Sunset is at 20:05 (8:05 pm).
UPDATED at 19:31: The IMO has updated the strenght of the Aurora activity tonight, Monday to 7 – Strong. With clear skies this is the best Aurora forecast we at Iceland Insider have seen for a long time!
If you were planning to catch a glimpse of the Aurora during your stay in Iceland you should keep your eyes on the sky tonight! The Icelandic Meteorological Office is predicting both a strong Aurora activity and mostly clear skies over Iceland tonight. The best chance to catch a clear sky, and therefore see the Northern Lights, in Reykjavík and West Iceland will be shortly before midnight.
The IMO is forecasting an grade 7 northern lights activity, or high activity tonight. Tomorrow the activity will be even greater, or level 6, very high. However, the cloud conditions tomorrow evening might make it harder to catch a glimpse of nature's greatest show.
The IMO explains that grade 2 (low activity) can be beautiful and grade 3 (moderate) can be dazzling. A grade 5 or 6 activity can produce some truly spectacular displays.
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: They camped out while travelling around Iceland hunting for the northern lights
According to IMO it will be dark from 20:54 (8:54 pm) to 6:11 (6:11 am). Sunset is at 20:05 (8:05 pm).
