With clear skies in the forecast and the moon waning to a slender crescent by this weekend, conditions will be prime for the annual Perseids meteor shower.

Sure, the extended forecast shows nothing but sunshine and hot weather through the weekend, but there is still a significant chance of showers this week - meteor showers, that is.

Look! Up in the sky! After the sun sets -- and before the moonrise! The Perseid meteor shower is about to peak, with dust from Comet Swift-Tuttle producing dozens of shooting stars per hour over the next two nights.

The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks Tuesday morning during the pre-dawn hours. "There should be plenty of meteors--perhaps one or two every minute," said Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center.

Summer's annual meteor shower promises to put on a dazzling show. With no moon in sight to interfere with the Perseid meteor shower, skygazers can expect to spot streaking fireballs late Sunday into dawn Monday regardless of time zone.