leonids tonight two peaks north america 11 pm eastern standard time (4am gmt tuesday) north america 5 am eastern standard time (10am gmt tuesday) http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/09oct_leonidsforecast.htm http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast08nov_1.htm this second page has a link to a very brief quicktime movie which shows earth's passage through a debris cloud, and helps explain why the meteors appear to come from leo rudy