Mild with more rain and another great recipe

Good Morning Augusta

It’s darn foggy out there so keep your foot off the gas.

This morning we have steady rain with showers continuing in the afternoon. High around 45 ºF. Winds will be from the SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90%.

Tonight we’ll have cloudy skies, followed by partial clearing. Low will be 36 ºF. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 93%, the dew point is 39ºF, outside it’s 3.7C and 39.2ºF.

The wind direction is South Southwest between 4.1 MPH and  0.4 MPH, generating a wind chill of 39.2ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.01 / HPA 1016.2 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is X.X out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:12 a.m. Sunset is 4:22 P.M. Moon rise is at 4:58 p.m., Moon set is 7:00 a.m. and we’ll have a FULL MOON tonight.  

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

METAR KAUG 121153Z AUTO 16007KT 1/4SM -RA FG VV004 05/04 A2995 RMK AO2 RAB47 SLP147 P0000 60000 T00500039 10050 

Visibility is 0.2 miles / 4.0 Kilometers with clouds above this soup somewhere.

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 390 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Continuing with recipes that are good for you:                    

PORCUPINES WITH RICE

Serves 8

1 lb ground lean turkey

½ cup chopped green pepper

½ cup chopped onion

¼ tsp garlic powder

1 egg beaten

2 tbsp parsley

½ tsp thyme

¼ tsp pepper

1 14 ½ oz stewed tomatoes diced

1 cup brown or wild rice

2 cups cooked noodles

Saute` onions and peppers.  Add ground turkey, all spices, egg and mix together forming into balls.  Roll into rice.  Put meat balls in baking pan which has been sprayed with cooking spray; pour can of tomatoes over mixture.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes.  Serve over hot noodles.

Exchanges:  2 vegetables; 1 ½ meat; 1 ½ starch

Calories:  221; fat:  6 gm; protein:  15 gm; carbohydrate:  27 gm; sodium:  374 mg; fiber:  1 gm.

Note: NO PORCUPINES were injured to make this recipe.