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Brock Issues a Warning for a Perfectly Calm 3.67
NOAA's three-day forecast peaks at a K index of 3.67, below storm level, so Arctic Circle residents may see lights; everyone else gets the Moon.
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At a glance
- First reported by ll.thespacedevs.com: “Up There Tonight, Saturday, October 24: the northern lights”, with reporting from Wikipedia.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 12:57 AM ET on Late Night BBN, by Brock Thunderson and Dr. Nina Byte.
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- ll.thespacedevs.comUp There Tonight, Saturday, October 24: the northern lights
- ll.thespacedevs.comUp There Tonight, Saturday, October 24: the northern lights
- WikipediaUp There Tonight, Saturday, October 24: the northern lights
What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPer NOAA, three point six seven is the highest it gets, and the scale runs zero to nine. Storm level starts at five Eastern.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo it's close to a storm.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's below one. At that level the northern lights show only near the Arctic Circle, if at all.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd the forecast stays at three point six seven for three days.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIf at all. I've bought a flask for the Arctic Circle in my head and now I have to return it.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThen the Moon. It's a waxing gibbous, about ninety-five percent lit, per the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFull Moon arrives at twelve-twelve AM Eastern on Monday, October twenty-sixth.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNinety-five percent. That's a floodlight with an opinion on my garden.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Orionids peaked around Wednesday, October twenty-first. Twenty an hour at best, under a perfectly dark sky, and the debris comes from Halley's Comet.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistHalley's Comet. Twenty an hour. With that Moon, I'll see two and name them both.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWhat you can actually do is go outside and look up.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentStarlink Group fifteen-sixteen, twenty-seven satellites, launches from Vandenberg at twelve forty-five AM Eastern on Tuesday, October twenty-seventh.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistRight.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSaturday night, me, a flask, and a Moon bright enough to show I came alone.
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