Clouds, cold, wet and snow with an easy to make chicken stew

Good Morning Augusta

We’re under a Winter Weather Advisory today through tomorrow morning.  First snow of the year folks, don’t drive like a lunatic.

This morning we have clouds with a 90% chance for an inch of snow this afternoon. High will reach only 34°F and  NE winds at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have a 100% chance for 1 to 3 inches of snow, transitioning to snow showers later. Low 26°F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. Sunday

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 66%, the Dew Point is 18.3ºF and the outdoor temp is 28.2ºF.

The wind direction is  Northeast between 0.1 MPH and 0.5 MPH, with a wind chill of 28.2°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.79, the Absolute pressure is 29.58 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:03 a.m. Sunset is 3:58 p.m., Moonrise is 11:05 p.m., Moonset is 11:51 a.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous being 59% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from the city of Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 091153Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM CLR M03/M06 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP153 T10281061 11011 21028 50000

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with thin clouds way up there this morning.

We didn’t receive any rain or snow here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 70, the solar wind speed is 395 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Today we’re in for some heavy, wet snow.  Have some easy to make, rich chicken stew.

CHICKEN STEW:

Chicken broth

Mixed stew vegetables

Onion

Salt and pepper to taste

Cook chicken in the broth, add vegetables and cook until chicken is done.   OR: Add pre-cooked chicken into the broth with the vegetables. Cook until all vegetables are cooked.  That’s all there is to this recipe.