Weather

Good Morning Augusta

This morning it’s raining and foggy with showers developing this afternoon. Thunder possible. High near 50ºF. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50%.

  Tonight we’ll have Clouds with occasional rain showers. Thunder is possible early. Low will be around 45ºF. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50%.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 38%, the dew point is 38ºF, outside it’s 4.7ºC and 40.5ºF.

The wind direction is South between 0.0 MPH and 1.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 40.5ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.79 / HPA 1008.8 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

There isn’t any UV rating owing to this thick fog, Sunrise is at 6:15 a.m. Sunset is 5:27 P.M. Moon rise is at 8:02 a.m., Moon set is 9:08 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent.   

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

METAR KAUG 011153Z AUTO 16007KT 1/4SM -RA FG VV004 05/04 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP089 P0007 60014 70015 T00500039 10050 20039 58041

Visibility is 0.2 miles / 0.4 Kilometers with clouds above this soupy fog someplace, we just don’t know how high it is.

We’ve received 0.18 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 77, the solar wind speed is 535  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

How about some squares with no chocolate in them?

CHERRY COCONUT SQUARES

1 cup unbleached flour

½ cup low fat butter

2 tbsp. confectioner’s sugar

2 eggs slightly beaten

1 cup Splenda

1 cup flour

½ tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

¾ cup chopped nuts

½ cup shredded coconut

½ cup quartered maraschino cherries

·         Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Blend together 1 cup flour, ½ cup butter, and 2 tbsp. Confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar) until smooth.

·         Spread with fingers in bottom of 8” x 8”Pan.  Bake 25-30 minutes. 

·         Stir 2 eggs, 1 cup Splenda, ¼ cup flour, ½ tsp. baking powder, ¼ tsp. salt, 1 tsp. vanilla, ¾ cup chopped nuts, ½ cup coconut and ½ cup maraschino cherries.

·         Spread over top of baked pastry.  Bake about 25 to 30 minutes.  Check center with tooth pick.  Cool.  Cut into squares.

Exchanges:  2 carbohydrates, ½ lean meat, 4 fat

Calories:  350; fat:  22 g; protein: 6 g;  carbohydrate:  33 g; fiber:  2 g; cholesterol:  78 mg; sodium:  256 mg