Cold, winter is back, and another Black Forest dessert recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy skies with afternoon snow showers. High will reach 32ºF. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 40%.

Tonight we’ll have snow showers before midnight, becoming partly cloudy later. Very cold. Low near 5ºF. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 40%. Snow accumulations less than one inch.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 59%, the dew point is 11ºF, outside it’s -7.0ºC and 19.6ºF.

The wind direction is North between 3.6 MPH and 5.4 MPH, generating a wind chill of 19.6ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.94 / HPA 1014.8 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:00 a.m. Sunset is 5:39 P.M. Moon rise is at 3:44 p.m., Moon set is 4:58 p.m. and the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous.   

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

METAR KAUG 101053Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR M07/M14 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP138 T10671139

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies for the time being.

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 481  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Yesterday I posted the recipe for Black Forest Bars, so today I thought I’d stay with the same theme.

Black Forest Parfait

one can cherry pie filling

1/4 cup black cherry preserves

1/4 cup sugar

1 tblsp lemon juice

3 oz 1/3-less-fat cream cheese

3.4 cup chocolate wafer crumbs

Combine pie filling and preserves, mixing until thoroughly blended.

Combine sugar, juice, and cheese in large mixing bowl, and beat at medium

speed until smooth.

Cover and chill.

Spoon 2 tsp. crumbs into each of 4 glasses; top each with 1 1/2 tblsp cream

cheese mixture and 3 tblsp cherry mixture.

Repeat layers once, ending with cherry mixture.  Serve immediately.