Sun this morning with rain this afternoon - Chicken and Sweet Sausage for dinner!

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have partly cloudy skies with a 60% chance of rain that will give way to cloudy skies and rain during the afternoon. High 77ºF. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have a 100% chance of rain and scattered thunderstorms overnight with a low of 59ºF. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 78%, the dew point is 54ºF and outside it’s  62.8ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 0.9 MPH and 2.5 MPH, with a heat index of 63ºF.

The Relative pressure is 29.92, the Absolute pressure is 29.72  and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 2 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:57 a.m. Sunset is 8:27 P.M. Moon rise is 11:19 a.m., Moon set is xx:xx p.m., and the moon phase is waxing crescent being 34% illuminated.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport this morning is:

METAR KAUG 291053Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 15/12 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01500122

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies.

We received 0.12 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 77, the solar wind speed is 434 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

This recipe is a change of pace.

SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND CHICKEN

Serves 6

6 TO 8 SWEET Italian sausages (cut into bit size pieces)

1 lb chicken breast (cut into bite size pieces)

1 large onion (cut into chunks)

1 small can of mushroom pieces drained

1 clove of garlic or 1 tbsp crushed garlic

1 tbsp oregano

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 16 oz can of stewed tomatoes

Cooking spray

In a frying pan brown sausage in cooking spray or tbsp of olive oil for approximately 10 minutes on medium/high heat.  Remove sausage from pan and brown chicken for approximately 10 minutes.  Remove chicken from pan and add onions, peppers, mushrooms, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper to frying pan and cook for approximately 5 minutes.  Add chicken and sausage and can of tomatoes and bring to a boil.  Cover and simmer 20 minutes then bring to a boil for approximately 5 minutes.

Serve in bowls like a stew.

No Exchanges given