Snow and cold

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have just under one inch of snow out there, it’s cloudy with snow showers for morning hours and a high of 29 ºF. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Snowfall around one inch. 

Tonight we’ll have cloudy skies with snow showers becoming a steady accumulating snow later on. Lows will be near 25 ºF. Winds will remain light and variable. Chance of snow 80%. Snowfall around one inch. 

 

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

Humidity is 84%, the dew point is 14ºF, outside it’s -7.0ºC and 19.3ºF.

The wind direction is North between 4.3 MPH and  11.5 MPH, generating a wind chill of 10.4ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.19 / HPA 1022.3 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:09 a.m. Sunset is 4:30 P.M. Moon rise is at 11:26 p.m., Moon set is 10:33 a.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous.   

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

SPECI KAUG 181202Z AUTO 02010KT 7SM -SN BKN028 OVC050 M08/M10 A3014 RMK AO2 P0000 T10781100

Visibility is 7.0 miles / 11.3 Kilometers with mostly cloudy conditions 2,800 ft / 853 m, and overcast to 5,000 ft. / 1,524 m.

 We have received 0.80 inches of snow over the past 24 hours, and more is falling. 

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 77, the solar wind speed is 527 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

I’ve received some suggestions that I post something about breakfast.  So, for those of you who are either college students or “rushed morning people,” here is a quick one for you.

Morning Egg sandwich using egg substitute

Slice one English muffin in half and toast it.

Find a dish that is roughly the same size as the English muffin

Using eggbeaters, usually found in a pint container,

Pour the equivalent of one egg, about ¼ cup of eggbeater into the dish and microwave it on high for about one minute.

Then remove it from the dish directly onto the English muffin. Place one slice of your favorite cheese on it and its done.

Serves one

You can add some diced up pre-cooked sausage links or paddies to it for added flavor and texture.

Note: Eggbeaters are much lower in fat and collesteral than regular eggs.  Be advised that, if you add cheese and some sausage or bacon to it, you’re raising the fat/colesteral level. So add accordingly.