Cold, windy and another great recipe for dessert

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have sun during the morning with increasing clouds during the afternoon. High will reach only 9ºF. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clouds early that will give way to generally clear conditions overnight. Low will drop to 1ºF or lower. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 47%, the dew point is -13ºF, outside it’s -16.1ºC and 3.0ºF.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 7.8 MPH and 13.6 MPH, generating a wind chill of -12.3ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.89 / HPA 1012.1 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:58 a.m. Sunset is 5:40 P.M. Moon rise is at 4:50 p.m., Moon set is 5:32 p.m. and the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous.   

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

METAR KAUG 111053Z AUTO 31010G16KT 10SM CLR M16/M26 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP121 T11611256

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with a cloud here and there, but otherwise it’s clear, windy and darn cold.

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 72, the solar wind speed is 383  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Yesterday’s parfait was so popular, I thought I’d post another one.

BUTTERSCOTCH GRAHAM CRACKER PARFAIT

Serves 4

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