I can't seem to find the other questions that was asked about the meteor showers this weekend. Now...make it really easy for me to understand...It's happening on the morning of the 18th.. right ??? So.....that's after 12 midnight on the 17th, Saturday night ...right ?? Does anyone know what the weather is going to be like in the northeast for this show too ???? Where do you get tickets ?? (lol) Thanks !!!

-- Helena (windyacs@npacc.net), November 16, 2001

Answers

Sunday pre-dawn, 3-6am.

http://spaceweather.com/meteors/leonids/observingtips.html

-- Dave (something@somewhere.com), November 16, 2001.

North America- Sunday Morning, Nov 18th: 4:00 - 6:00 a.m. Eastern time 1:00 - 3:00 a.m. Pacific time 800 - 4000 meteorites per hour

California, Hawaii, Samoa- Sunday Morning, Nov 18th: 3:00 - 7:00 a.m. Pacific time 1:00 - 5:00 a.m. in Hawaii 100 - 1000 per hour

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast08nov_1.htm

-- Dave (something@somewhere.com), November 16, 2001.

I'll be groggy but wide eyed out in my yard at 5:00 a.m. Eastern.

Hoping for clear skies.

={(Oak)-

-- Live Oak (live-oak@atlantic.net), November 16, 2001.

http://www.leonidstorm.com/

-- Don Armstrong (from Australia) (darmst@yahoo.com.au), November 16, 2001.

i'm not very good i figuring out times what whould i be for central time zone? thanks

-- lindsey (lindsey_sham1@hotmail.com), November 16, 2001.

Thanks so much for reminding us. I saw this in the NY TImes but had forgotten! Now I'll sleep in tomorrow so I'm well rested for Sunday am.

"It is expected to peak during a half-hour shortly after 5 a.m. EST Sunday on the East Coast, 2 a.m. PST on the West Coast. Most of us know meteors as shooting stars, streaks of white light. The most optimistic prediction for North America is for 70 a minute, or 4,200 in an hour."

-- brooklynsheep (robbins@informinc.org), November 16, 2001.

Peak time is supposed to be 5:00 a.m. Eastern time, therefore that is

4:00 a.m. Central
3:00 a.m. Mountain
2:00 a.m. Pacific
12:00 midnight in Hawaii

Sorry, Alaskans, I don't know about your time -- maybe 1:00 a.m.?

-- Joy F [in So. Wisconsin] (CatFlunky@excite.com), November 16, 2001.

Boy, it sure is foggy in the hills of eastern KY this AM-hope it's clear tomorrow AM. The kids and I (maybe my dear wife?!?) plan on a bonfire and generally fun time. With this type of fog, we'd be sure to ge "whited out"

-- Jim Deweese (jedeweese@earthlink.net), November 17, 2001.