#MEwx Sun, cold and an easy Beef Stew recipe

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 sunny with Highs in the mid 30s. Southwest winds will be around 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with lows in the mid 20s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 24.4°F, the humidity is 52% and the Dew Point is 9.3°F.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH with a wind chill of 24.4°F.  

The Relative pressure is 30.20, the Absolute pressure is 30.00 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun/snow.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:26 AM Sunset is 4:18 PM, Moonrise is 3:26 PM, moonset is 3:08

METAR KAUG 091153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M05/M10 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP246 T10501100 11044 21061 53014 $

 AM and the moon phase is waxing gibbous. 

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 091153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M05/M10 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP246 T10501100 11044 21061 53014 $

We received a dusting of snow  here over the past 24 hours.

IT is now officially Stew/Chili weather. So start with this:

BEEF STEW

2 T. butter or margarine

2 lbs. beef stew meat in 1.5” cubes

Flour for dredging meat

8 small onions or desired amount of chopped onion

½ cup diced celery

4 sprigs parsley OR 2 tsp. parsley flakes

1 bay leaf

2 T. salt

¼ tsp. pepper

3 T. ketchup

2 qts. Water OR 1 qt water and 1 qt beef stock

6 carrots, peeled and cut in bite-sized pieces

6 potatoes, peeled and cut in bite-sized pieces

Directions:

Melt butter in bottom of stew pot.   Roll meat in flour and brown on all sides.  Add all other ingredients and stir.  Cover and bring to steaming point.  Reduce heat and simmer until beef is tender.

Mix about 6 T. flour with same amount of cold water, whisk until smooth.  Add to stew, stirring until thickened.

Delicious and it sticks to your ribs.