#MEwx Cold, clouds and "Kid Pleasing 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 mostly cloudy with highs in the mid 40s. South winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies during evening hours, becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest winds around 10 mph this evening, becoming light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 33.3°F, the humidity is 49% and the Dew Point is 16.2°F.

The wind direction is Southeast between 0.2 MPH and 2.5 MPH with a wind chill of 33.3°F.  

The Relative pressure is 29.97, the Absolute pressure is 29.77 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain/snow.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast skies to 8,000 ft / 2,438 m.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:27 AM Sunset is 4:17 PM, Moonrise is 3:39 PM, moonset is 4:09

AM and the moon phase is waxing gibbous. 

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 101153Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM OVC080 M01/M07 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP176 T10061072 10000 21006 56005 $

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

Like I said yesterday, it’s stew/chili weather now, so make this for the kids when they come in from playing outside. Kids still do that, right?

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.