Cloudy with rain, so try this Mexican Bake dish

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Good Morning Augusta

Today it’s going to be rainy with patchy fog before 11 a.m. Our high will reach 44ºF With East winds around 10 MPH.  We have a 90% chance of rain with projected totals between ¼ and ½ of an inche.

Tonight we’ll have an 80% chance of rain before 5 a.m. Saturday morning with a low temp of 36 ºF. Winds will be from the Southeast between 5 and 10 MPH.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 95%, the dew point is 42ºF and outside it’s 41.6ºF.

The wind direction is Southwest between 1.3 MPH and 2.7 MPH, generating a wind chill of 41.6ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.22 / HPA 1022.6 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:45 a.m. Sunset is 7:31 P.M. Moon rise is at 3:15 a.m., Moon set is 1:56 p.m. and the moon waning crescent.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 211153Z AUTO 11006KT 7SM -RA OVC005 04/02 A3019 RMK AO2 RAB13 CIG 004V008 SLP226 P0003 60003 70003 T00390022 10050 20039 50003

Visibility is 7.0 miles / 11.3 Kilometers with overcast to 500 ft / 152 m.

We received 0.04 inches  of rain here over the past 24 hours, and it’s a long way from being over with.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 90, the solar wind speed is 522  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Here’s a bake recipe with chicken as it’s meat.  This one will take about 45 minutes to bake, but it’s worth it.

MEXICAN BAKE

Serves:  6—1 ½ cup serving

1 ½ cups cooked brown rice

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut in bite-sized pieces

1 14.5 oz. cans no-salt-added tomatoes, diced or crushed

15 oz can no-salt-added black beans, drained and rinsed

1 cup frozen yellow corn kernels

1 cup chopped red bell pepper

1 cup green bell pepper

1 cup onion

1 tbsp chili powder

1 tbsp cumin

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 cup shredded reduced-fat Monterey Jack cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Spread rice in a shallow 3-qt casserole.  Top with chicken.  In a bowl, combine tomatoes, beans, corn, pepper, onions, seasons and garlic.  Pour over chicken.  Top with cheese.  Bake 45 minutes.

Exchanges:  1 meat; 1 ½ vegetables

Calories:  304; carbohydrates:  38 gm; fiber:  7 gm; fat:  5.5 gm (2.4 gm saturated), sodium:  227 mg

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