Overcast, cold and another fish recipe

Good Morning Augusta

The Winter Weather Advisory for our area has expired.

This morning we have cloudy skies with freezing rain. Our high will be 39 ºF. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precip 40%.

Tonight we’ll have some clouds  that will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low will be 21 ºF with  WSW Winds at 10 to 15 mph.

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

Humidity is 88%, the dew point is 27ºF, outside it’s -1.1ºC and 30.2ºF.

The wind direction is North between 0.1 MPH and  0.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 30.2ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.34 / HPA 993.5 and falling with a weather graphic indicating some more rain/snow.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:14 a.m. Sunset is 4:13 P.M. Moon rise is at 10:52 a.m., Moon set is 11:08 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent.  

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

AR SPECI KAUG 041234Z AUTO 33012KT 10SM BKN007 OVC026 M01/M03 A2928 RMK AO2 FZRAE28 P0000 I1000 T1011102

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with mostly cloudy to 700 ft / 213 m and overcast 2,600 ft / 792 m.

We received roughly one inch of a rain/snow/ice mix over the past 24 hours.

SPACE WEATHER

Today’s Solar flux is 73, the solar wind speed is 596 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Continuing with lower fat recipes:

SALMON TARRAGON

Serves:  4

1 lb. salmon fillet, cut into 4 pieces

¼ cup fresh lemon juice

½ tsp. dried tarragon

Pepper

1 tbsp. pimentos, drained, chopped

•           Wash and pat dry fish fillets.

•           Mix ¼ cup fresh lemon juice, ½ tsp. tarragon and a few dashes of pepper.

•           Arrange fish in a glass baking dish, thick sides outward, and spoon marinade over fillets.  Let rest a few minutes to absorb flavor.

•           Cover with wax paper and microwave on Medium High (70%) for 5 to 6 minutes, until fish flakes easily when pierced with fork.  Turn mid-cycle for even cooking.  Garnish with pimentos.

Exchanges:  3 lean meat

Calories:  188; fat:  9 g; cholesterol:  75 mg; carbohydrates:  2 g; protein:  24 g; sodium:  60 mg; fiber:  0

Doctor’s office/medical tip: Up here where it gets colk, be sure to take your winter coat off BEFORE you are ushered into the examining room.  The first thing the nurse or PA does is to weigh you, so if you’re still wearing your boots and are wearing/carrying your coat, you’re going to weigh about 10 lbs or so more than you really weigh.  Talk about “padding” your medical record.