The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak late this Tuesday night into the predawn hours of Wednesday morning. Typically, 30 to 60 meteors might be visible per hour from a dark location... away from city lights with no interference from the moon. This year... meteor scientists are predicting the possibilty for an outburst of meteors around 3 AM when hourly rates could briefly climb to around 200 meteors per hour. We will have good weather conditions across West Michigan overnight for viewing the Perseids with mostly clear skies... comfortably cool temperatures in the mid and upper 50s and a light wind. However... the moon will be one day before last quarter phase. The added moonlight will washout many of the fainter meteors. Regardless of that... it will be fun to go outside later tonight and enjoy the show!
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