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Automated aurora activity watch
Awaiting observations
Solar-wind conditions are a general activity indicator. Churchill substorm timing requires local sky observations and preferably regional ground magnetometer data.
Waiting for first automatic assessment.
Automatically checks fresh solar-wind conditions every minute. Elevated activity potential is not a prediction of substorm onset; confirm with the live sky camera.
IMF Bz
Satellite: awaiting data
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nT · sustained southward (negative) can favour activity
IMF Bt
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nT · total interplanetary magnetic field
Solar wind speed
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km/s · upstream solar wind
Proton density
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particles/cm³
Churchill sky
Visual confirmation required
Camera and local guide observations are separate from satellite measurements.
Bz trend · last observations
Solar-wind data from NOAA SWPC. UTC timestamps; data may lag.
Fort Churchill ground magnetometer · FCC
Official station available · live connection pending
Natural Resources Canada operates the Fort Churchill (FCC) observatory and publishes a last-24-hours, one-minute magnetic-field table. This is a local ground measurement, unlike GOES. The official page provides X (northward), Y (eastward) and Z (downward) magnetic variations.
The FCC feed is not yet connected to the automated watch. Public availability does not establish permission for LBE commercial reuse, browser cross-origin access or guaranteed low latency. NRCan's published conditions ask commercial users to contact Geomagnetism-Info@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca. Do not interpret the NOAA-only activity watch as a local substorm alert.
GOES satellite magnetic field · regional context
GOES measures magnetic conditions in space, not directly over Churchill. Use this trend as supporting context, not as a Churchill substorm detector.
Guide decision checklist
Check cloud cover and actual sky conditions at the viewing site.
Look for sustained negative Bz and changing solar-wind conditions.
Use GOES trends only as context; they cannot confirm a substorm over Churchill.
Check local camera or direct observation before advising guests.
Never treat a single spike or Kp value as a guaranteed onset.
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