(meteorobs) weather conditions for Perseids max

[Kenneth Drake]

Barbara and any others,

We started the evening clearing beautifully at sunset. Joy and I counted 6 
Perseids brighter than 0 mag. with long (over 30 deg.) trains persisting for 
several seconds from dark until 23:45 CDT. We also so two sporatics. Our skies 
were mag. 6 until it closed up at 23:55 CDT with what looks like broken fog at 
about 1500 ft. then gradually worsened to total overcast now at 02:05 CDT. The 
cloud layer still appears to be being blown from the north but just keeps 
reforming. We will stick it out here in Willis.

Kenneth Drake

Barbara Wilson wrote:

> We have a group of 25 or so people here at the George Observatory in 
> Ft Bend County Texas waiting out the clouds.  The cold front leading 
> edge just reached us at 5-6 pm CDT.  We will be open all night for 
> the public to drive down here from the Houston area to see the 
> Perseids.  
> It looks like we may clear after 1 am CDT, I sure hope so.
> 
> Have not seen any reports from the east coast yet!  Any one on the 
> coast seeing anything yet?
> 
> Barbara Wilson
> George Observatory
> FT Bend County Texas near Needville.
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