Cold and clear with another Shrimp recipe

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Good Morning Augusta

This morning it is cloudy with afternoon snow showers. High will reach only 17ºF with winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60%. Snow accumulations less than one inch. 

Tonight we’ll have cloudy skies with snow showers before midnight. Low 7ºF and winds N at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 60% and snowfall around one inch.

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

Humidity is 83%, the dew point is -4.0ºF, outside it’s 13.9ºC and 7.2ºF.

The wind direction is Southwest between 0.0 MPH and  0.1 MPH, generating a wind chill of 7.2ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.42 / HPA 1030.1 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:14 a.m. Sunset is 4:16 P.M. Moon rise is at 12:32 a.m., Moon set is 1:27 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.  

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

METAR KAUG 071153Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR M13/M18 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP283 T11331178 11111 21133 53015

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies for the time being.

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

SPACE WEATHER

Today’s Solar flux is 75, the solar wind speed is 702 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Continuing with recipes that are good for you:

SHRIMP CASSEROLE

Serves:  8

1 cup cut-up shrimp

1 ¼ cup soft bread crumbs

1 tsp. mustard

2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

½ small onion, minced

½ small green pepper, minced

2 tbsp. butter

1 cup milk

2 tbsp. flour

3 tbsp. melted butter

  • Sauté ½ minced onion, and ½ minced green pepper in 2 tbsp. butter.
  • Make a cream sauce using 1 cup milk, 2 tbsp. flour, 3 tbsp. melted butter.
  • Combine cream sauce and onion and pepper mixture with 1 cup shrimp, 1 ¼ cups soft bread crumbs, 1 tsp. mustard, and 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce.  Bake slowly at 300 degrees for 1 hour.

Exchanges:  ½ grain, 1 lean meat, 1½ fat

Calories:  146; fat:  9 g; protein:  8 g; carbohydrates: 8 g; fiber:  trace; cholesterol:  69 mg; sodium:  190 mg

 

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