Go to the UAF Geophysical Institute and you'll find links to the Poker Flats Aurora cam. That's what we keep an eye on and you can get predictions at Product Subscription Service. Sign up for Warnings for KP 4,5,6. That will give you a heads...
If -40F sounds chilly, we've had -70F at our home but thanks to global warming that never happens anymore, so please, continue burning fossil fuel as much as possible and consider raising cows :).
That is generally the case here too. I hadn't thought about that but I have told many people that when it's -40F it's never windy so thanks for bringing that up. Quite the oddity.