Astrospheric

Advanced weather forecasting for North American astronomers

Welcome to Astrospheric!

Astrospheric uses data from the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC), NOAA, and other sources to generate high resolution weather forecasts for astronomers and astrophotographers across North America.

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Astrospheric is the only service for astronomers which updates the CMC forecast every 6 hours.
Astrospheric is the only service that integrates Smoke data into the Transparency forecast (and makes smoke available to view on the map)
Astrospheric creates detailed map overlays of all weather variables so that astronomers can see the big picture.
Every forecast comes with ISS flyover info, Kp index, extended cloud forecast, and so much more!
Astrospheric Professional adds on notifications, ensemble cloud forecasts, and so much more.

Don’t forget to download the free app!

One stop app for night sky photography and beyond. So full featured, very reliable and easy to navigate. This is my first app I look at as I plan a nightscape outing.

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Model Details

Model	Data Published	Available at Location
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GFS
NAM
RAP
NBM

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	Forecast data provided by the Canadian Meteorological Centre
	Smoke forecast data provided by RAP model
	Cloud forecast data provided by NAM, RDPS, and GFS models
	We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS).
	Ads shown on Astrospheric are a blend of sponsor created assets and affliliate links.

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Astrospheric is the only service that updates the CMC astronomy data 4 times a day

Astrospheric's Transparency forecast includes wildfire smoke data

Astrospheric provides free tools to astronomical societies and star parties

Astrospheric Pro provides access to the major cloud forecast models

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Welcome to Astrospheric, the most advanced astronomy forecast for North America. By using this app you agree to the Privacy and Terms of Use.

If you grant Astrospheric permission it can use your GPS to get your location.
Location can also be set manually.

Weather Alerts and Subspace groups use push notifications to let you know of changes.

Push notifications can be enabled now or later in iOS settings.

Astrospheric updates 4 times a day with data from the Canadian Meteorological Center, NOAA, and other sources.

Satellite imagery is updated every few minutes.

Settings and Documentation can be found in the overflow menu at the top of the app.

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Get a 2nd (and 3rd) opinion with the Ensemble cloud forecast provided by Astrospheric Pro

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km/h mph

°C °F

Time

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Show ISS Flyover

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Show KP Index

Ensemble Cloud Models Pro

NBM

NAM

GFS

Show Smoke subcomponent when impacting Transparency Pro

Smoke

Show JetStream subcomponent of Seeing Pro

Mini-Map

Quick Access Layers

RDPS Cloud

Cloud Ensemble Pro

Cloud NBM Pro

Cloud NAM Pro

Cloud GFS Pro

Transparency

Seeing

Wind Speed

Temperature

Dew Point

Surface Pressure

Smoke

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Satellite (WV)

Light Pollution

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