Clouds, sun and a slow cooker sloppy Joe recipe to die for!

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have clouds and sunshine this morning with more clouds later today. High around 50F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy with a low of32°F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 51%, the Dew Point is  23.9°F and the outdoor temp is 40.6°F.

The wind direction is   West Northwest between 7.4 MPH and 9.8 MPH, generating a wind chill of 34°F.

The Relative pressure is 30.06, the Absolute pressure is 29.85 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:45 a.m. Sunset is 7:30 p.m., Moonrise is 10:17 a.m., Moonset is 12:42 p.m. and the moon phase is Waxing Crescent being 34% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 211053Z AUTO 32007KT 10SM BKN070 03/M03 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP234 T00281028

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with Mostly Cloudy skies to 7,000 ft / 2,133 m.

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

Space weather for today is:

Today’s Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 581 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Don’t wait for the good weather to get here and get caught out of practice for fun foods like Sloppy Joes! Give this quick and easy recipe a try.

SLOW COOKER SLOPPY JOES

24 sandwiches (Joes for 3 recipes, about 2½ cups each)

3 lbs ground turkey or beef

1 large onion, coarsely chopped (1 cup)

1 ½ medium stalks celery, chopped (1 ½ cups)

1 cup barbecue sauce

1 can (26 ½ oz) sloppy joe sauce

24 hamburger buns

Cook turkey and onion in 4-quart Dutch oven over heat about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, turkey is no longer pink; drain.  Mix turkey mixture and remaining ingredients except  buns in 31/2- to 6-quart slow cooker.  Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 9 (or high heat setting 3 to 4 hours) or until vegetables are tender.  Uncover and cook on high heat setting until desired consistency. Stir well before set with turkey mixture.