night of August 11-12 is probably the peak of the Perseid shower, according to U.S. clocks. You'll probably see the most meteors between midnight and dawn on August 12 - assuming you have a clear sky. By the morning of August 11, observers under dark skies were already reporting over 60 meteors an hour, according to the International Meteor Organization. Will you see more tonight? Only way to find out is to look.
• As evening deepens into late night, the number of meteors will start to increase. The intensity will pick up after midnight, and the greatest numbers of meteors typically bombard the sky in the dark hours just before dawn. A typical count is 60 an hour. You might see more. Plus the moon will be near the sky's brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, before dawn.
• Appreciably south of the equator, the count will be less - perhaps 10 to 15 meteors per hour. Also, at southerly latitudes, the first Perseids probably won't appear

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