Space Weather News for Sept 11, 2013 http://spaceweather com

METEOR NEWS: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from an unknown comet or asteroid It happens every year around this time and produces a minor shower known as the "September epsilon Perseids " This year, Earth ran into an unusually dense patch of meteoroids, which produced an outburst of meteors over Europe near midnight on Sept 9-10 The event is highlighted on today's edition of http://spaceweather com

CHANCE OF STORMS: NOAA forecasters estimate a 45%-50% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on Sept 12-13 in response to an incoming solar wind stream This is not a major event, but it could produce bright auroras around the Arctic Circle Geomagnetic storm alerts are available from http://spaceweathertext com (text) and http://spaceweatherphone com (voice)

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