Clouds, hot muggy and a great sloppy joe recipe for the kids on summer vacation

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have showers early with overcast skies later in the day. High 77°F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. 

Tonight we’ll have rain showers giving way to a steadier rain tonight. Low 68°F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. locally heavy rainfall possible.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Dew Point is  69.8°F, the humidity is 97%, and the outdoor temp is 70.7°F.

The wind direction is Northeast between 0.0 MPH and 0.1 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.01, the Absolute pressure is 29.80 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:18 a.m. Sunset is 8:11 p.m., Moonrise is 6:44 p.m., Moonset is 3:20 a.m. and the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous being 95% illuminated.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with very low-hanging overcast. 

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

Space weather for today is:

The Solar flux is 70, the solar wind speed is 567 Kilometers per second and the chance of

a solar storm is 1%.

Yesterday I posted a great Bacon Cheeseburger recipe, so today lets try sloppy joes!

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.