Cloudy, rainy and how to make Pizza Turnovers

Good Morning Augusta

Today we have a lot of fog and rain early followed by clouds with showers in the afternoon. High near 60ºF. Winds are from the SE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch.

Tonight the rain will end early. It will Remain cloudy with a low of 48ºF. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 99%, the dew point is 42ºF and outside it’s 50/5ºF.

The wind direction is East Northeast between 1.3 MPH and 5.4 MPH, with a heat index of 50ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.67 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:22 a.m. Sunset is 7:49 P.M. Moon rise is at 3:38 p.m., Moon set is 3:39 a.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous with 82% illuminated.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 061053Z AUTO 02006KT 1/4SM FG VV002 09/08 A2967 RMK AO2 SLP048 T00940083

Visibility is 0.2 miles / 0.4 Kilometers and darn foggy.

We received 0.26 inches of rain over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 75, the solar wind speed is 412  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Now this one is a twist on pizza.  To quote a very old TV commercial: “Try it, you’ll like it!”

PIZZA TURNOVERS

4 servings

1 can (10 oz) refrigerated pizza crust dough

¼ cup pizza sauce

¼ cup finely shredded carrot

24 slices pepperoni (1 to 1¼ inches in diameter)

1 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

2 slices mozzarella cheese (1 ½ oz), cut in half

Heat oven to 400°. Roll pizza crust dough on lightly floured surface into 12-inch square. Cut dough into four 6-inch squares.  Spread about 1 tbsp pizza sauce on each square to within ½ inch of edges.  Top half of each square with carrot, pepperoni and cheeses.  Fold over half of each square over filling; press edges to seal.  Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown.  Serve warm.