Foggy, drizzel and pork potstickers

Good Morning Augusta

Today we have areas of patchy fog, rain and drizzle with rainfall amounts of roughly one tenth of an inch, cloudy skies and a high of 61 ºF. Northeast winds will be 5 MPH.

Tonight we’ll have clouds, more patchy fog and drizzle.  Lows will drop to 48 ºF with Southeast winds to 5 MPH.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 98%, the dew point is 52.3ºF and outside it’s 52.9ºF.

The wind direction is East Northeast between 1.8 MPH and 2.5 MPH, generating a wind chill of 52.9ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.77 / HPA 1013.4 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:35 a.m. Sunset is 7:38 P.M. Moon rise is at 6:43 a.m., Moon set is 9:09 p.m. and we have a NEW MOON tonight.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

SPECI KAUG 271102Z AUTO 08004KT 1/4SM FG VV002 11/10 A2993 RMK AO2 T01060100

Visibility is 0.2 miles / 0.4 Kilometers with clouds above the fog somewhere.

We received 0.53 inches of rain over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 84, the solar wind speed is 457  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Yesterday’s “Perfect Potstickers” recipe was so popular I’m posting a variant of it today.  Enjoy.

Pork Potstickers

1 lb ground pork

2 chopped green onions

1 tb soy sauce

2 ts rice wine or dry Sherry

1 ts sesame oil

1/2 clove crushed garlic

1 egg

1 tb cornstarch

1/4 ts salt

1/4 ts pepper

Mix all ingredients together, by hand, in a large bowl. Fill wonton wrappers with approximately 1-1 1/2 teaspoons filling and press firmly in wanton press. (I

don't have a wanton press and it turned out just fine) Moisten edges for better adhering. Saute in Peanut oil on medium heat till bottoms are golden. Add

enough chicken broth to barely cover wontons. Cover and simmer roughly 8 minutes. Serve immediately with some dipping sauce consisting of: 2 parts soy

sauce, 1 part rice vinegar, a little grated ginger and some chopped green onion.