Thanks for posting this; I saw a blurb about on t.v. yesterday....but I haven't been watching since....do you know if upstate New York area will be able to see anything....is there a map somewhere, projecting it's visibility pattern? Thanks. I'd like my teen daughter to see this....
I will post links to the necessary information.
Those who view my daily posting of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day are already well-informed and ready for the show.
Here's a diagram of the meteor radiant (apparent point of origin:
The shower peak time depends on your location, and what you can see depends upon the weather and how dark your skies are. Remember, a nearly-full moon will interfere.
Here's a link to a java applet which will help you pinpoint your location's peak viewing time and meteors per hour. Leonid Flux Estimator.
Remember, this is the early morning hours of Tuesday, November 19th for FReepers in North America.
If you are clouded out, there are web cameras which may show meteor trails. Night Sky Live Project
OH! Don't forget that looking straight at the radiant isn't so good; all meteors there will be greatly foreshortened by your perspective. It's like looking up into rain; the drops are easier to see if you look at right angles to the direction of their fall.
So look in a direction which is not too close to the radiant, but also isn't toward the moon. An eyeful of that brightness wreaks havoc on night vision.