leonids and geminids from south east florida as follows
clouds 2
observer 0
will still keep looking
clear skies
ron
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>Last night was no go anywhere in Florida. Now 836 PM local, watching an
>elongated break in the Gulf of Mexico on the southern side of jet-stream
>clouds. The narrow axis of the jet stream is coming across at Tampa, about
>a hundred miles north of me. Movement of the gap should bring it here in
>about 5 hours if it doesn't fill in. That's my only chance for Geminids
>this time around.
>
>Bob's rates from California look fairly typical for him on the night before
>max -- a period of mostly faint meteors which he doesn't do too well at. He
>is strong with brighter meteors. On that night I typically see 35-40/hour
>for Geminids.
>
> I was really hoping to see the max this year to find out if the shower has
>started a decrease in peak strength. Last year I saw only 60/hour top
>despite LM 7.0 sky, the best conditions of anyone watching in 2001. Plus
>there were no outlandish rates reported from anywhere else.
>
>Norman
>
>
>Norman W. McLeod III
>Staff Advisor
>American Meteor Society
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>Fort Myers, Florida
>nmcleod@peganet.com
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