Colder, sunny and today's recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have sunny skies with a morning high of 37ºF and temps falling to near 20ºF. Winds from the WNW at 15 to 25 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies and a low of 6ºF. Winds from the NW at 10 to 15 mph.

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

Humidity is 73%, the dew point is 31ºF, outside it’s 3.4ºC and 38.1ºF.

The wind direction is West between 6.0 MPH and  9.8 MPH, generating a wind chill of 34ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.09 / HPA 1019 and Rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:12 a.m. Sunset is 4:23 P.M. Moon rise is at 6:05 p.m., Moon set is 7:48 a.m. and we still have a FULL MOON up there.  

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

METAR KAUG 131153Z AUTO 31008KT 10SM FEW050 04/M01 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP187 70013 T00391006 10089 20039 53041

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with broken clouds to 5,000 ft / 1,524 m.

 We received 0.02 inches of rain over the past 24 hours, and more is coming for today.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 364 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

                 Today’s healthy eating recipe is:

This one is real easy.

SQUASH MIX WITH CHICKEN

Serves 4

½ cup chopped onion

½ cup sliced celery

1 tsp reduced-calorie margarine, melted

2 ½ cups sliced yellow squash

1 cup sliced zucchini

½ cup chopped, cooked chicken

2 tbsp water

½ tsp salt

1/8 tsp red pepper

1/8 tsp pepper

Sauté onion and celery in margarine in a large skillet until tender.  Stir in squash and remaining ingredients.  Cover and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat, and simmer 8 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring frequently.  Transfer mixture to a serving dish, and serve hot.

Exchanges:  1 lean meat   -   1 vegetable  Calories:  65   -   Fat:  1 gm   -   Carbo:  8  gm   -   Fiber:  1 gm   -   Chol:  12 mg   -   Protein:  7 gm   -   Sodium:  113 mg

 

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