Overview
- Space scientists and local observers report the Sun is currently quiet, with no active aurora warning in place for the coming days.
- The period around 20 March statistically favors stronger geomagnetic storms due to Earth’s orientation, raising the chance of sightings reaching into Germany.
- Forecasters caution that dependable predictions are only possible hours to about a day ahead, because effects depend on Earth‑directed solar eruptions and their magnetic coupling.
- Tracking tools and apps such as polarlicht‑vorhersage.de and SpaceWeatherLive draw on SWPC and Helmholtz Potsdam data, including the Kp index, to issue probabilistic alerts.
- Viewing remains most reliable between roughly 60° and 75° north; in Germany, visibility is rare and usually faint, so clear, dark skies away from city lights are essential.