Cold and clear, and a recipe for the grill

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Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have sunny and partly cloudy skies. Highs will be  around 22ºF. Winds will remain light and variable.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a low of 13ºF. Winds will stay light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments in the North field are:

Humidity is 69%, the dew point is -4ºF, outside it’s -14ºC and 6.8ºF.

The wind direction is North between 1.8 MPH and  4.0 MPH, generating a wind chill of 6.8ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.72 / HPA 1040.2 and Rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:11 a.m. Sunset is 4:24 P.M. Moon rise is at 7:13 p.m., Moon set is 8:29 a.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous.   

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine is:

METAR KAUG 141153Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR M14/M22 A3067 RMK AO2 SLP393 T11441222 11117 21144 56002

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies for the most part.

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 365 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

                 Today’s healthy eating recipe is:

(Let’s start getting into “summer” mode, break out the grill)

SUMMER CHICKEN KABOBS

4 servings/serving size:  3 oz chicken

¼ cup lime juice

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp minced parsley

½ tsp dried thyme

1 garlic clove, minced

fresh ground pepper

2 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed

1 small yellow squash, cut into 2-inch pieces

1 small zucchini, cut into 1-inch pieces

4 large cherry tomatoes

In a shallow dish, combine lime juice, oil, parsley, thyme, garlic, and pepper; mix well.  Add chicken, yellow squash, and zucchini, tossing to coat.  Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.  Alternate chicken, squash, and zucchini onto each skewers.  Grill 4 inches from heat for 10 minutes, turning frequently.  Add cherry tomatoes to each skewer during the last 1 minute of cooking.   Remove from heat and serve.

Exchanges:  Vegetable 1  -   Lean meat  3   189 calories   -   Total fat 7 gm   -  Saturated fat 1 gm   -   calories from fat   59   -   cholesterol 72 mg   -  total carbohydrate  4 gm   -  dietary fiber 1 gm   -  sugars 2 gm   -   protein 27 gm  -  sodium 67 mg

 

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