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Bush Pilots Monumentin town · live · for 4:25 a.m.

If you're up anyway.

Town light is the main thing in the way.

Look overhead.

Issued 6 minutes ago, good for 1 hour 4 minutes more.

Next call for 4:55 a.m., posted by about 4:38 a.m.

Hour by hour

Outlook for 8:25 p.m.

  • 8:25 p.m.: Worth going out
  • 8:55 p.m.: Worth going out
  • 9:25 p.m.: Worth going out
  • 9:55 p.m.: Worth going out
  • 10:25 p.m.: Go
  • 10:55 p.m.: Worth going out
  • 11:25 p.m.: If you're up anyway
  • 11:55 p.m.: Worth going out
  • 12:25 a.m.: Worth going out
  • 12:55 a.m.: Worth going out
  • 1:25 a.m.: Worth going out
  • 1:55 a.m.: Worth going out
  • 2:25 a.m.: If you're up anyway
  • 2:55 a.m.: Worth going out
  • 3:25 a.m.: Worth going out
  • 3:55 a.m.: If you're up anyway
  • 4:25 a.m.: If you're up anyway

Later calls appear as they are made.

Chance of seeing it

+21 pts without town light

58%at 4:25 a.m.

Nowcast, from the live activity reading.

What decides it

Tonight, town light is the main thing in the way.

Cloud

Minor

A few clouds

21% cover at 4:25 a.m., the lighter bar

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taller bar, more cloud · dashed line, overcast

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Thickening through the night.

Sky darkness

In the way

Hazy 2 of 5

town glow · deep dark

The main constellations, no Milky Way. A bright aurora will show.

Estimated

Moon

Helping

Down while it is dark

0% lit, waning.

horizonmoonset5:51 p.m.4:25 a.m.5P7P9P11P1A3A5A
  • Dark
  • Twilight
  • Moon

Its light takes nothing from the sky tonight.

Darkness

Helping

Dark from 8:17 p.m. to 6:32 a.m.

Sunset 6:33 p.m. Sunrise 8:17 a.m.

horizondark enoughsunset6:33 p.m.4:25 a.m.5P7P9P11P1A3A5A
  • Dark
  • Twilight
  • Sun
  • Dark enough

At 4:25 a.m. the sun is 25° down, well past the line where the sky is dark enough for aurora.

The record

What we called, and what happened

No nights yetSeason starts Oct. 15

Every night so far

Where the numbers come from

Bush Pilots Monument, in detail. Issued Saturday 4:05 a.m. Good until Saturday 5:15 a.m. Times are Mountain Daylight Time. Model lnt_score-sha256@16b902fb5962. Cloud: 21% cover, forecast by HRDPS, model run Saturday 12:00 a.m. 4 h 6 min old. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (licence). Aurora activity: K 2.0, measured, preliminary. From GFZ Potsdam Hp30 nowcast. 6 min old. CC BY 4.0, see credits. Sun and moon: Sun 25° below the horizon. Moon below the horizon. Sky darkness: Hazy, 2 of 5. Estimated from NASA Black Marble VNP46A4, 2025 data, uncalibrated. Horizon: Worked out from terrain alone. Buildings and trees are not included, so the real view is likely more blocked than this. Terrain from ArcticDEM and Canada's elevation data, see credits. Where: 62.4657, -114.3482. The forecast is for this spot, not the whole town. Magnetometer: Yellowknife (YKC), Natural Resources Canada. It shows activity that has already arrived, so it is a check for right now, not a forecast, and never part of a call.