#MEwx Clouds, rain coming and Kid p0leasing Chili for dinner

Good morning Augusta

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

Today it’s going to be partly sunny, becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy fog during morning hours. Highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds, becoming east around 10 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have Rain showers during evening hours, with more showers after midnight. Locally heavy rainfall possible after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. East winds 10 to 15

mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 43.2°F, the humidity is 90% and the Dew Point is 40.5°F.

The wind direction is Northeast between 0.2 MPH and 2.5 MPH.  

The Relative pressure is 30.15, the Absolute pressure is 29.95 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with scattered clouds, but that’s going to change.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:02 AM Sunset is 5:43 PM, Moonrise is xx:xx PM, moonset is 3:08 PM and the moon in its last quarter.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 221153Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR 06/04 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP228 T00560044 10061 20039 58004

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

Evenings are getting colder, so let’s make some chili for dinner tonight, the kids will love it.

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.