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Rule Northern Lights

Northern Lights Forecast for Torneträsk, Swedish Lapland

Abisko, Norrbotten, Sweden

Torneträsk extends for roughly 70 kilometres through a mountain trough, creating a much longer horizon than Swedish Lapland’s forest lakes. Winter turns that corridor into a pale plane of fractures and pressure ridges beneath the dark walls of Abisko’s mountains.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Kp IndexKp 1 (Quiet)
Sun Elevation38.4° (Daylight)
Cloud Cover58%

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Stockholm

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (95-hour forecast)

  • Aurora Quality100% of hours
  • Solar Elevation100% of hours
  • Total Cloud Coverage88% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Northern Lights conditions across Swedish Lapland. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Torneträsk.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Torneträsk during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 90 days
0
recorded matching windows
Last 365 days
38
recorded matching windows · 67% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

22:00 local time, shared by 6 of 38 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

February, with 16 of 38 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Stockholm
Aurora Quality
≥ 50.0%
Solar Elevation
≤ -8.0°
Aurora Activity
≥ 50.0%
Total Cloud Coverage
≤ 30.0%
Visibility
≥ 8000.0m
Sat, Jul 18
15:000%39°11%88%17459m
16:000%34°11%74%24070m
17:000%29°11%83%23959m
18:000%24°16%75%10118m
19:000%19°18%76%10949m
20:000%13°23%62%13231m
21:000%8.5°24%46%24134m
22:000%4.6°24%5.2%22335m
23:000%1.8°24%23%22402m
Sun, Jul 19
24:000%0.25°21%47%22989m
01:000%-0.28°20%49%22009m
02:000%0.62°16%86%150m
03:000%2.6°14%92%53m
04:000%5.8°11%70%110m
05:000%10°11%39%1645m
06:000%15°0%51%22287m
07:000%20°0%51%22459m
08:000%26°0%35%23258m
09:000%31°0%68%10408m
10:000%36°0%52%7321m
11:000%40°0%76%8794m
12:000%42°0%83%14291m
13:000%42°0%58%10177m
14:000%41°8%55%12050m
15:000%38°8%58%9017m
16:000%34°8%64%6037m
17:000%29°0.99%68%9242m
18:000%24°0.99%54%22102m
19:000%18°0.99%69%24135m
20:000%13°7.2%73%22794m
21:000%8.4°7.2%35%24135m
22:000%4.5°7.2%23%24134m
23:000%1.6°7.2%30%24134m
Mon, Jul 20
24:000%0.1°7.2%49%24134m
01:000%-0.55°7.2%80%24134m
02:000%0.46°4.3%89%24135m
03:000%2.4°4.3%98%24135m
04:000%5.6°4.3%51%24134m
05:000%9.8°11%33%24134m
06:000%15°11%21%24134m
07:000%20°11%37%24135m
08:000%26°11%48%18195m
09:000%31°11%38%24134m
10:000%36°11%27%24135m
11:000%39°4.3%6.9%24135m
12:000%42°4.3%5.3%24134m
13:000%42°4.3%7.2%24134m
14:000%41°7.2%49%24134m
15:000%38°7.2%36%24134m
16:000%34°7.2%47%24134m
17:000%29°0.99%29%24135m
18:000%24°0.99%9.9%24134m
19:000%18°0.99%19%24135m
20:000%13°0.99%62%24135m
21:000%8.2°0.99%61%24135m
22:000%4.3°0.99%88%24134m
23:000%1.5°4.3%78%24135m
Tue, Jul 21
24:000%-0.13°4.3%75%24134m
01:000%-0.8°4.3%100%24134m
02:000%0.3°4.3%100%24135m
03:000%2.2°4.3%100%24134m
04:000%5.4°4.3%100%24134m
05:000%9.6°11%100%24135m
06:000%15°11%100%24134m
07:000%20°11%100%24135m
08:000%25°11%100%24135m
09:000%31°11%100%24135m
10:000%35°11%100%24134m
11:000%39°4.3%100%24135m
12:000%41°4.3%100%24135m
13:000%42°4.3%100%24134m
14:000%41°4.3%100%24134m
15:000%38°4.3%100%24134m
16:000%34°4.3%100%24134m
17:000%29°0.99%100%24134m
18:000%24°0.99%100%24135m
19:000%18°0.99%100%24134m
20:000%13°0.99%99%24134m
21:000%0.99%85%24134m
22:000%4.1°0.99%70%24135m
23:000%1.3°7.2%55%24135m
Wed, Jul 22
24:000%-0.44°7.2%67%24135m
01:000%-1°7.2%78%24135m
02:000%0.14°96%89%24135m
03:000%2.1°96%89%24135m
04:000%5.2°96%88%24135m
05:000%9.4°96%88%24135m
06:000%14°96%83%24135m
07:000%20°96%78%24135m
08:000%25°96%73%24135m
09:000%31°96%70%24135m
10:000%35°96%68%24135m
11:000%39°96%66%24135m
12:000%41°96%48%24135m
13:000%42°96%30%24135m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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