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http://news.sky.com/story/perseids-how-to-watch-one-of-the-best-meteor-show...

Optimal conditions tonight apparently. 

Saw a very impressive one at 3am on Monday while heading up to do the Bietschhorn. Had broken up into several fragments by the time we noticed it, all moving slowly across the sky at the same speed for about a minute. Some advantages of alpine starts at this time of year.....

not here, cloud all night, following weeks of night cloud and mist in just the right quarters to blot out chances of the comet.  We had cloud in the evening to the NE over the N.  Pennines all through the good weather spell earlier.

did see a very impressive meteor durimg a last ditch walk to see the comet a few days ago but alas cloud/haze/mist in the low western sky as usual

Sounds more like satellites (Starlink, possibly) than meteorites, which are very transient; a second or so.

According to the article linked above these grains of sand are moving at 36 mph! You ain’t gonna catch ‘em at that rate.

And has some pictures of star trails, which the public will assume are meteors.

From the link:

Even though each meteor is mostly no bigger than a grain of sand, they still produce an eye-catching shooting stream of light in the sky as they burn up upon hitting the atmosphere at about 36mph.

That fast...?! They’ll get a ticket if they’re not careful...

edit: the meteors May be slower than expected, but they’re still faster than me...

SMH...

Great journalism there....

An Apollo astronaut, approaching re-entry  at over 5 miles per second,could easily catch loads of them!  Proberly punctah his sute tho

Disappointing display near me; saw just one short one, and a satellite. It was very hazy, though.

Somebody has pointed out the difference between mph and mps: it's now been corrected...