Our next visible meteor shower is the Geminid meteor shower on this Tuesday night and Wednesday night (Dec. 13th and 14th). The best night for viewing here in the Northeast is Tuesday, December 13th. Unfortunately the forecast for this Tuesday night is partly to mostly cloudy so it may not allow for the best viewing conditions. Another factor which may hinder the viewing conditions is that our moon phase will be in the waning gibbous phase after we had a full moon on Saturday. Therefore it will make the sky very bright and some of the meteors may be less visible to the naked eye. On a good night the Geminid meteor shower can show up to 50 meteors per hour (that's almost 1 meteor per minute). So even if you won't be able to see as many meteors you should still be able to see some so take some time to bundle up and head out to place without much light to get a glimpse of some meteors!
For more information on the Geminid meteor shower visit:
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide
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