Get Ready To Watch Northern Lights Over Wyoming

Once again Wyoming has a chance to see those wonderful Northern Lights.

The light show should peek Thursday night, September 12th.

The sky will be lit up from the Pacific Northwest, upper Midwest, and Northeast.

While most visible in Alaska and Canada, residents from Oregon to New York might see the Auroras Borealis, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center.

Solar eruptions occurred on the sun on Tuesday and have been traveling toward Earth since then.

A Kp level 6 has been issued, indicating that the aurora will be brighter and more active as it moves further from the poles.

"At this geomagnetic activity level, it might be possible to see the aurora from the northern edge of the United States," National Oceanic and Atmospheric states.

The biggest storm this year was in August when the auroras were visible as far south as Alabama and west to northern California.

17 states will have a chance to see the northern lights Thursday night.

Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine

The big question will be how much of it will you be able to see with the naked eye.

In many cases aruras down as far as Wyoming can only be viewed with timelapse photography.

To find out, go outside, away from as many lights as you can, and look north.

As for when you go outside, it's a good idea to watch this map, online.

Aruras eb and flow like waves on a shore so it can be hard to predict exactly when they will appear and how intense they will be.