2020 northern hemisphere NLC season forecast

2020 northern hemisphere NLC season forecast

Public interest for noctilucent clouds rose sharply in 2019 after record-setting outbreak across the northern hemisphere. The 2020 season is expected to start mid- to late-May or early June, but at the moment, it doesn't seem like 2020 will be a repeat of 2019….

Extreme noctilucent clouds outbreak over Europe, rare red NLCs spotted

Extreme noctilucent clouds outbreak over Europe, rare red NLCs spotted

The 2019 northern hemisphere noctilucent clouds season is turning out to be the most remarkable ever. After record strong start of the season at the end of May, NLCs were seen for the first time as low as San Francisco Bay Area, California on June 9 and throughout…

Solar minimum brings prolonged 2018 noctilucent clouds season

Solar minimum brings prolonged 2018 noctilucent clouds season

The northern hemisphere 2018 noctilucent clouds season is still going strong this August, with four times more NLC reports than in the same period in 2017. "Something unusual is happening in Earth's upper atmosphere," Dr. Tony Phillips of the…

Northern hemisphere’s 2018 noctilucent clouds season begins

Northern hemisphere’s 2018 noctilucent clouds season begins

NASA's AIM spacecraft has spotted first Noctilucent Clouds (NLCs) of the 2018 northern hemisphere NLC season at the end of May. And just as they spotted them forming, people on the ground started seeing them, too. "They are back!" Ruslan Merzlyakov…

After delayed start, magnificent noctilucent clouds are back in full effect

After delayed start, magnificent noctilucent clouds are back in full effect

Following a delayed start to the northern hemisphere's 2017 Noctilucent clouds season, the magnificent, electric-blue clouds are now back in full effect. Noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds are a seasonal phenomenon, occurring most often in late spring and…

2017 Noctilucent cloud chasing season teaser – 4K (UHD) time-lapse, Denmark

2017 Noctilucent cloud chasing season teaser – 4K (UHD) time-lapse, Denmark

As the Earth continues its path on its elliptical orbit around the Sun, high latitudes and higher mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere are entering the midnight Sun season. If you go too far up north, the Sun never sets, but at a lower latitude, like southern…

Record early start of southern hemisphere NLC season

Record early start of southern hemisphere NLC season

The southern hemisphere noctilucent clouds (NLC) season has started early this year and tied with 2013 for the earliest southern hemisphere season on record. The 2016/17 southern hemisphere noctilucent clouds season started on November 17 and tied with 2013 for the…