#MEwx Slightly cooler, less humidity and Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza

Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox beat the San Diego Padres last night 11-0. We’re 69 and 60.

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

This morning we have partly sunny skies with expected highs in the mid 70s. North winds around 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions this evening, then clearing. Lows in the lower 50s with light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 61.9°F, the humidity is 73% and the Dew Point is 53.2°F.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 1.8 MPH and 4.9 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 30.09, the Absolute pressure is 29.89 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:51 AM, Sunset is 7:29 PM, Moonrise is x:xx PM,  Moonset is 2:48 PM  and the moon phase is in it’s last quarter.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 241053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP202 T01330106

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

Let’s have a really “bad for us” pizza for dinner tonight. Hey, school opens when again?

BACON CHEESEBURGER PIZZA

8 servings

 

1 loaf (1 lb) unsliced French bread

1 lb ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped (½ cup)

1 jar (14 oz) pizza sauce (any variety)

1 large tomato, seeded and chopped (1 cup)

8 slices bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled

2 cups finely shredded pizza cheese blended (mozzarella and Cheddar cheeses)

 

Heat oven to 400.  Cut bread load horizontally in half.  Cut bread halves crosswise in half to make 4 pieces (to fit on cookie sheet).  Arrange on large ungreased cookie sheet.  Cook beef and onion in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until beef is brown; drain.  Stir in pizza sauce.  Spread beef mixture over bread.   Sprinkle with tomato, bacon and cheese.  Bake about 15 minutes or until pizza is hot and cheese is melted. 

 

 

*DOUBLE-CHEESE CHICKEN CAESAR PIZZA

8 servings

 

1 package (10 oz) ready-to-serve thin Italian pizza crust (12 inches in diameter)

¼ cup creamy Caesar dressing

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese ( 4 oz)

16-18 frozen fully cooked breaded mozzarella cheese nuggets (from 13 ½ oz package)

1 package frozen smoke-flavor fully cooked chicken breast strips

¼ cup sliced ripe olives

1 small red bell pepper, cut into thin strips

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

 

Heat oven to 450.  Place pizza crust on ungreased cookie sheet.  Spread dressing evenly on pizza crust; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.  Arrange cheese nugget, ends touching in circle 1 inch from edge of crust.  Arrange chicken, olives and bell pepper inside circle of cheese nuggets; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.  Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until nuggets are golden brown and edge of crust is deep golden brown.