Mild compared to yesterday, precip this afternoon and another vegetarian recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning it’s sunny with mixed clouds. Our high will reach 33ºF. Winds will be from the WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have variable cloudiness with snow showers and lows at or below 25ºF. Winds will be from the SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 63%, the dew point is 11ºF, outside it’s -5.2ºC and 23.0ºF.

The wind direction is South between 0.2 MPH and 1.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 23.0ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.49 / HPA 1032.5 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:34 a.m. Sunset is 6:56 P.M. Moon rise is at 4:42 a.m., Moon set is 3:10 p.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent.   

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

METAR KAUG 240953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC110 M07/M16 A3045 RMK AO2 SLP319 T10671161

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast to 1,1000 ft / 3,352 m.

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

Here’s another vegetarian recipe that sounds good.

BROCCOLI-WALNUT PARTY CASSEROLE

Serves 6

1 (16 oz) package frozen chopped broccoli

3 tbsp unbleached flour

2/3 nonfat dry milk

2 cups chicken broth

2 ½ cups dried bread cubes

1 tsp sage

1 tsp dried parsley flakes

½ cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  In a large saucepan, cook broccoli in water until just tender, about 10 minutes.   Drain well.   Place broccoli in an 8-by-8 inch baking dish sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray.   In a covered jar, combine flour, dry milk powder, and 1 ¼  cups chicken broth.   Shake well to combine.   Pour mixture into a medium saucepan sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray.   Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and starts to boil.   Pour hot sauce over broccoli.  In a large bowl, combine bread cubes, sage, parsley flakes, walnuts, and remaining ¾ cup chicken broth.   Mix well to combine.   Sprinkle mixture evenly over top of broccoli mixture.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until top is crusty.   Place baking dish on a wire rack and let set 5 minutes.  Divide into 6 servings.

Exchange:  1 ½ vegetable       ½ starch      ½ fat   185 calories      5 gm fat      9 gm protein     266 gm carbohydrate   487 mg sodium      3 gm fiber