#MEwx Cold, snow showers here and there and Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have mostly cloudy skies, becoming partly sunny. Scattered snow showers with highs in the mid 30s. Winds are light and variable.

Tonight we'll have mostly cloudy conditions with snow showers likely during evening hours, then partly cloudy with scattered snow showers after midnight. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows around 19°F with \light and variable winds becoming northwest around 10 mph after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 20.8°F, the humidity is 91%, the Dew point is 18.7°F with a wind chill of 20.8°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.3 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.52, the Absolute pressure is 29.32 and trying to rise with a weather graphic indicating sun and clouds.

If you want to see real-time instrument readings from my personal weather station click Here. That will take you directly to my weather station.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with partly cloudy and snow flurried skies.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, The moon is 65.4% illuminated, the moon phase is waxing Gibbous, Sunrise is 7:06 am↑ 117° Southeast, sunset is 4:35 pm↑ 243° Southwest, Moonrise is 11:48 am↑ 67° East, Moonset is 1:33 am↑ 290° Northwest and we'll have 9 hours 29 minutes of daylight today.

We received a dusting of snow overnight, but not enough to really measure.

Okay, it's Friday. Time for a bad-for-you meal.

BACON CHEESEBURGER PIZZA. Hey, neither man nor woman lives by bread alone, right?

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.