Space Weather News for August 30, 2013 http://spaceweather com

MAJOR FIREBALL EVENT: Two nights ago, a ~100 lb meteoroid traveling 53,000 mph hit the atmosphere over the southeastern USA and exploded, producing sonic booms and a fireball as bright as a full Moon Researchers are now scouring the countryside for fragments that could reveal the nature and origin of the meteoroid A movie, more information, and updates are available on http://spaceweather com

WEEKEND AURORA WATCH: A solar wind stream is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field on August 30-31 The impact could produce minor geomagnetic storms and auroras at high latitudes Geomagnetic storm alerts are available from http://spaceweathertext com (text) and http://spaceweatherphone com (voice)

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