#MEwx Hot, muggy heat advisory still in effect and BAcon Cheeseburger Pizza

Good Morning Augusta

Remember today we're under a heat advisory until 8 tonight, so stay out of the heat and keep the cold water handy.

This morning we have mostly sunny skies and heat. Highs in the mid 90s with light and variable winds becoming southwest around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we'll have mostly clear skies during evening hours, becoming partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around 10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. Heat index values in the lower 90s early in the evening.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 66.9°F, the humidity is 93% and the Dew point is 64.9°F.

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

The Relative pressure is 29.93, the Absolute pressure is 29.63 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

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

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with hot, humid sun.

The UV rating is 2 out of 16, The moon is  8.1% illuminated, the moon phase is waning crescent, Sunrise is 4:55 am↑ 56° Northeast, sunset is 8:20 pm↑ 304° Northwest, Moonrise is 3:26 am↑ 71° East, Moonset is 5:47 pm↑ 292° Northwest and we'll have 15 hours 25 minutes of daylight today.

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

Today's BFY (bad for you) summer recipe is:

 

BACON CHEESEBURGER PIZZA

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.