This year's shower has the potential to be a good one, but only if you observe it under exactly the right conditions. Listen to me now. Read and obey the following advice or you will surely be disappointed. You can try during the couple of nights preceding and after the peak night, but you won't see nearly as many meteors. The exception might be the evening of August 10 and the morning of August 11, which might also produce a good show.
Many people make the mistake of observing too early in the evening.
They see few meteors and head home by midnight. Please be patient. You'll see many more meteors in the morning before sunrise than you will right after sunset. What to Look For A meteor is a brief streak of light in the sky. Mostly they last for only a second or two.