Northern Lights could be active tonight in Milwaukee area

Not saying it's going to happen, but there's a chance the northern lights could brighten the sky tonight in Wisconsin.

So if you're somewhere away from lights and big cities, you might want to look up and point northward.

The Alaska Geophysical Institute is forecasting a high probability for northern lights activity this evening, and judging by the map on its website, much of Wisconsin could get the lava lamp-like activity.

The Aurora Borealis flared Friday evening and early Saturday as evidenced by photos shared from Michigan's Upper Peninsula across Alberta, Canada, and Grand Rapids, Minn.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has a cool time lapse chart of the northern lights forecast for tonight.

Great Lakes Aurora Hunters sent out alerts a few days ago when conditions looked promising for this weekend.

Whether the northern lights can be seen from southeastern Wisconsin is a big "if," but on the bright side — tonight's forecast calls for clear skies and no rain, according to Sean Miller, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Sullivan.

The sun set at 7:49 p.m. in Milwaukee and twilight should be gone around 9:30 p.m.