Hi gang!
We drove west from Dallas and set up south of
Sweetwater off of I-20. We saw our first grazer at 12:06 cst and several more
thereafter. Activity was biased towards the zero and neg magnitudes.
Activity was respectable - resembling the '98 shower on the 17th. Clouds rolled
in about 2:30. We took a wild guess and headed back east. We found clear skies
just west of Abilene for the main event. Meteors were rolling in, often
clustered in groups of 3 to 7 or 8 in short bursts. Estimated rate adjusted to
ZHR about 1500/hr. Like other observers we were seeing 10 to 20 per minute.
Probably saw about 20-25 meteors in excess of the -4 to -6 range. And about a
half dozen in the -7 to -10 range. One notable train lasted about a minute or so
exhibiting atmospheric distortions. Most of the high negative magnitude meteors
came in the late portion of the session. Clouds obscured our final emergency
site at 5:30.
Tom