Some clouds, slight chance of rain and a Sloppy Joe recipe you'll love

Good Morning Augusta

Today we have a 50% chance of morning showers, turning partly cloudy in the afternoon. High near 75 ºF. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have a few clouds with a low of 38 ºF. Winds will be from the NW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 99%, the dew point is 52.3ºF and outside it’s 54.3ºF.

The wind direction is Southwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.1 MPH, with a heat index of 54ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.75 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:32 a.m. Sunset is 7:41 P.M. Moon rise is at 8:18 a.m., Moon set is 11:27 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent with 13% illuminated.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 291153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN110 12/09 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP129 T01220094 10156 20106 58007

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with mostly cloudy to 11,000 ft / 3,352 m.

We received 0.00 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 394  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Yesterday I posted a fantastic bacon Cheeseberger recipe that I misidentified as a Pork Potsticker recipe that I’d posted the previous day.

Well, today I’m posting a Sloppy Joe recipe that is the best if you have a pack of kids to feed. Enjoy.

SLOW COOKER SLOPPY JOES

24 sandwiches (Joes for 3 recipes, about 2½ cups each)

3 lbs ground turkey or beef

1 large onion, coursely chopped (1 cup)

1 ½ medium stalks celery, chopped (1 ½ cups)

1 cup barbecue sauce

1 can (26 ½ oz) sloppy joe sauce

24 hamburger buns

Cook turkey and onion in 4-quart Dutch oven over heat about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, turkey is no longer pink; drain.  Mix turkey mixture and remaining ingredients except  buns in 31/2- to 6-quart slow cooker.  Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 9 (or high heat setting 3 to 4 hours) or until vegetables are tender.  Uncover and cook on high heat setting until desired consistency. Stir well before set with turkey mixture.