The ‘01 solar maximum was outstanding...
Aurora predictions are part of our daily weatherman’s report. Typical: Increasing clouds, then wind over the hills, then chance of snow and then clearing with chance of moderate aurora and 15 below zero.
BTW, I believe that when the aurora moves south to places like NY it is because of greater energy. That might not be correct, but normally they are directly overhead and I assume normal energy levels. A good bright show will be either slow and fuzzy or very lively, which I believe is due to the type of particles in the stream—electrons or nuclei.