Above Freezing again with a Butterscotch recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning, Except for a few afternoon clouds, it will be mostly sunny. High around 35ºF. Winds will be light and variable.

Tonight we’ll have cloudy skies with some light freezing rain after midnight. Low will be 27ºF. Winds will be light and variable. Chance of precip is 50%.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 85%, the dew point is 14ºF, outside it’s -8.9ºC and 24.5ºF.

The wind direction is Southwest between 0.9 MPH and 1.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 24.5ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.43 / HPA 1030.4 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:29 a.m. Sunset is 5:16 P.M. Moon rise is at 2:52 a.m., Moon set is 12:35 p.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent.   

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

METAR KAUG 211153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M07/M13 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP293 T10671128 11033 21072 53010

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies again.

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 82, the solar wind speed is 441  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Enough of the recipes with chocolate in them.  How about:

BUTTERSCOTCH GRAHAM CRACKER PARFAIT

Serves 4, or two if you really love butterscotch.

1 (4 serving) package Jello sugar-free instant butterscotch pudding mix

2 cups skim milk

8 tbsp purchased graham cracker crumbs or 9 (2 ½-inch) graham cracker squares, made into crumbs

¼ cup Cool Whip Lite

2 maraschino cherries, halved

In a medium bowl, combine dray pudding mix and skim milk.  Mix well using a wire whisk.  Spoon ¼ cup pudding mixture into 4 parfait dishes.  Sprinkle 1 tbsp graham cracker crumbs over top of each.  Layer ¼ cup pudding mixture over crumbs.  Top each with 1 tbsp Cool Whip Lite and garnish with maraschino cherry half.  Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.

HINT:  A self-seal sandwich bag works great for crushing graham crackers.

Each serving equals: 109 calories 1 gm fat 5 gm protein 20 gm carbohydrate 454 mg sodium

151 mg calcium 9 gm fiber Diabetic:  1 starch/carbohydrate    -  ½