Statewide—Do you like shooting stars? Then you’ll want to make a concerted effort to look skyward on tonight when a brief bevy of them could streak out of the east-southeast sky. This is when the Alpha Monocerotid meteor shower is due to reach its peak. And while you may have never heard of this meteor shower, this year you might want to check it out.
Meteor activity should quickly rev-up after 11:30 and conceivably could be all but over by 12:10 a.m. It will be that quick. If nature is in a show-off mood, you might end up seeing dozens of shooting stars to wish on. If the display falls short, and you don’t try too desperately hard, you might still come away seeing one or two really beautiful meteors.
The only thing detrimental to seeing the stars is the forecasted 50% rain for this evening and early Friday morning.
