Clouds, rainy, dropping temps and Chicken Noodle soup

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have clouds, becoming mostly sunny this afternoon. Morning high of 38°F dropping to around 20°F. Winds from the NW at 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts possible.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies, with some clouds moving in later. Low will be 11°F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

 

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 99%, the Dew Point is 37.6°F and the outdoor temp is 37.8°F.

The wind direction is   Northwest between 2.9 MPH and 4.9 MPH, generating a wind chill of 37.8°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.33, the Absolute pressure is 29.13 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:52 a.m. Sunset is 4:54 p.m., Moonrise is 11:00 p.m., Moonset is 9:49 a.m. and the Moon Phase is Waning Gibbous being 71% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

SPECI KAUG 051123Z AUTO 29005KT 1SM -RA BR BKN010 OVC034 03/03 A2947 RMK AO2 RAB11 P0000 T00330028

Visibility is 1.0 miles / 1.8 kilometers with mostly cloudy skies to 1,000 ft / 304 m. and overcast to 3,400 ft / 1,036 m.

 

We received 1.13 inches of rain and melted snow over the past 24 hours. It’s really sloppy out there folks.  DON’T speed!

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 69, the solar wind speed is 421  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles on the first ever Super Bowl win.  IT was a hard-fought game with some impressive statistics on both sides of the field.  Well done Philadelphia!

If you have a cold or the flu, don’t go to work and infect anyone else.  Stay home and have some chicken soup.  It’s been shown to have some beneficial medicinal effects.  Google it.  You’ll see I’m right.

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

6 servings

Prep:  10 min.   Cook:  20 min

4 cans (14 ½ oz each) reduced-sodium chicken broth

2 cups cut-up cooked chicken

1 cup frozen green peas

1 tsp dried thyme leaves

¼ tsp pepper

2 medium stalks celery, chopped (1 cup)

2 medium carrots, sliced (1 cup)

1 medium onion, chopped (½ cup)

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 cup uncooked wide egg noodles (2 oz)

Heat all ingredients except noodles to boiling in 3-qt. Saucepan.  Stir in noodles.  Heat to boiling; reduce heat.  Simmer uncovered 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until noodles and vegetables are tender.