Southeast Wyoming Residents Looking Forward To Wednesday Night Aurora Show

A Cheyenne based meteorologist says that weather conditions tonight might not be ideal for seeing the aurora borealis, but you might get lucky if you make the effort.

Don Day Jr. is founder and President of Dayweather Inc. In Cheyenne. We asked him earlier today about prospects for seeing the light show. Here is his response:

"There will be quite a few clouds, more than last night, but there will be some “breaks” to hopefully see thru, it will be dry and not that cold for this time of year,"

We are collecting photos on our Townsquare Media Cheyenne and Laramie Facebook pages of the aurora. If you have a photo that you took and that we can use, you can send it here or here.

So where can you see the lightshow? WYDOT District 5 posted the following on Facebook:

What is The Aurora Borealis?

According to science.nasa.gov/sun/auroras/ "The Sun continuously produces an outflow of charged particles into the solar system known as the solar wind. When the solar wind reaches Earth, it can interact with Earth’s magnetic shield, often depositing and accumulating energy there. When this energy is finally released, much of it rains down on our atmosphere, causing auroras."

While the lightshow is known as the 'Northern Lights" in the northern hemisphere, they are perhaps not surprisingly known as the ''Southern Lights" in the southern hemisphere.