Cold, less wind and another vegetarian recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning it’s sunny with a few clouds. High will reach only 23ºF. Winds are out of the WNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with lows at or below 8ºF. Winds will remain from the WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 46%, the dew point is -6.0ºF, outside it’s -11.6ºC and11.9 ºF.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 4.0 MPH and 11.0 MPH, generating a wind chill of 9.5ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.38 / HPA 1028.7 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:36 a.m. Sunset is 6:55 P.M. Moon rise is at 4:03 a.m., Moon set is 2:07 p.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent.   

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

METAR KAUG 230953Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM CLR M12/M23 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP267 T11221228

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

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 550  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

I’m not a vegetarian, but I’m told this one is really good.

MARINATED MUSHROOMS

Serves 4

2 cups fresh whole mushrooms

1 cup hot water

½ cup fat free Italian dressing

In a saucepan, combine mushrooms and water.  Bring mixture to a boil.  Drain.  Place mushrooms in a small bowl.  Pour Italian dressing over hot mushrooms.   Stir gently to coat.  Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.  Gently stir again just before serving.

Exchanges:   1 free food   20 calories   -   0 gm fat   -   1 gm protein    -   4 gm carbohydrate    - 281 mg sodium   -  1 gm fiber