Warm, rainy, cloudy and a Bacon Cheeseburger recipe

Good Morning Augusta

Today we have a 50% chance of scattered thunderstorms during the morning followed by occasional showers this afternoon. High can reach 68ºF. Winds are from the WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of rain showers. Low can drop to 43ºF. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 99%, the dew point is 42ºF and outside it’s 42.1ºF.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 0.1 MPH and 2.5 MPH, with a heat index of ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.51 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:28 a.m. Sunset is 7:44 P.M. Moon rise is at 11:21 a.m., Moon set is 1:17 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent with 43% illuminated.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

SPECI KAUG 021130Z AUTO 29003KT 1/2SM FG VV002 05/04 A2970 RMK AO2 RAB03E16 P0000 T00500044 

Visibility is 0.5 miles / 0.8 Kilometers with clouds above this fog and rain somewhere.

We received 0.25 inches of rain over the past 24 hours, and it isn’t done yet.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 77, the solar wind speed is 384  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

To keep the theme of “different food” going this week, how about some radical pizza?

BACON CHEESEBURGER PIZZA

8 servings

1 loaf (1 lb) unsliced French bread

1 lb ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped (½ cup)

1 jar (14 oz) pizza sauce (any variety)

1 large tomato, seeded and chopped (1 cup)

8 slices bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled

2 cups finely shredded pizza cheese blended (mozzarella and Cheddar cheeses)

Heat oven to 400.  Cut bread load horizontally in half.  Cut bread halves crosswise in half to make 4 pieces (to fit on cookie sheet).  Arrange on large ungreased cookie sheet.  Cook beef and oinion in 10-inch skillet ver medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until beef is brown; drain.  Stir in pizza sauce.  Spread beef mixture over bread.   Sprinkle with tomato, bacon and cheese.  Bake about 15 minutes or until pizza is hot and cheese is melted.