Fog, rain and floods with a great Chili recipe

Good Morning Augusta

Okay folks, we’re under a triple play this morning, Winter Weather Advisory Sttement, Flood Watch and Dense fog advisory. Dr4ive with BOTH hands on the steering wheel.

This morning we have rain with a glorious high near 50 °F. Winds are S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100% with rainfall amounts near ½ inch.

Tonight we’ll have one inch of rain possible with areas of dense fog. Low near 35F. S winds shifting to WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 97%, the Dew Point is 44.4ºF and the outdoor temp is 45.3ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 1.1 MPH and 2.5 MPH, generating a wind chill of 44.8°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.85, the Absolute pressure is 29.65 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:12 a.m. Sunset is 4:22 p.m., Moonrise is 3:12

p.m., Moonset is 1:21 a.m. and the moon phase is Waning crescent being 17% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

No METAR readings are available from Augusta’s airport at this time.

Visibility is 1.0 miles / 1.6 kilometers with cloud cover above this thick fog somewhere.

We received a sprinkeling of rain over the past 24 hours, but not enough to measure.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 70, the solar wind speed is 407  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Since we have really crumby weather rolling in you might want to make some of this to keep the kids filled with something warm and easy to make.

KID-PLEASING CHILI

8 serving (or enough chili for 2 recipes, 4 1/3 each)

2 lbs ground beef

2 cans (15 to 16 oz each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained

2 cans (10 ¾ oz each) condensed tomato soup

2 soup cans water

2 tbsp instant minced onion

4 to 6 tsp chili powder

Cook beef in 4-quart Dutch oven over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until brown; drain.  Stir in remaining ingredients.  Heat to boiling, reduce heat.  Cover and simmer 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.