#MEwx Very cold, serious wind chills and Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes

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 a slight chance of snow showers. Highs in the lower 20s with Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph.  Wind chill values as low as 4 below.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies with Lows around 0°F. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 15.8°F, the humidity is 49%, the Dew Point is 0.0°F and our wind chill is 15.8°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH.  

The Relative pressure is 30.00, the Absolute pressure is 29.00, the HPA is 1019  and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow/clouds.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles with overcast skies to 7,000 ft.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:08 A.M. EST, Sunset is 4:31 P.M. EST, Moonrise is 3:14 A.M. EST, Moonset is 12:56 P.M. EST and the moon phase is waning crescent.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 201253Z AUTO 34008KT 10SM OVC070 M09/M14 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP186 T10941139 $

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

It’s still cold out there, so make this to keep everything inside the family nice and warm.

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.