Happy Easter - Rain, clouds and another Shrimp recipe

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Good Morning Augusta

Happy Easter to one and all.  I hope the Easter Bunny was real nice to you.

Today it’s going to be warm, with a high temp near 74ºF.  We also have a 40% chance of showers with West winds between 5 and 15 mph.  Rain amounts can be up to an inch where thunderstorms occur, other than that, one-tenth of an inch is likely. 

Tonight we have a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9 PM followed by a chance of showers between 9 PM and Midnight. Winds will be 5 mph from the South, shifting to the west around midnight, with new rain amounts at roughly one tenth of an inch.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 97%, the dew point is 47ºF, outside it’s 50.4ºF.

The wind direction is South between 2.7 MPH and 1.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 50.4ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.82 / HPA 1009.8 and falling with a weather graphic indicating Rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:53 a.m. Sunset is 7:25 P.M. Moon rise is at x:xx a.m., Moon set is at 9:21 a.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 161053Z AUTO 19004KT 5SM BR BKN002 08/07 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP083 T00830072

Visibility is 5.0 miles / 8.0 Kilometers with mostly cloudy skies to 200 ft / 60 m.

We received 0.05 Inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 75, the solar wind speed is 377  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Yesterday I posted a grilled shrimp recipe – I’ve heard that people wanted to see what else could be done with Shrimp. So take a look below.

SHRIMP CASSEROLE

Serves:  8

1 cup cut-up shrimp

1 ¼ cup soft bread crumbs

1 tsp. mustard

2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

½ small onion, minced

½ small green pepper, minced

2 tbsp. butter

1 cup milk

2 tbsp. flour

3 tbsp. melted butter

  • Sauté ½ minced onion, and ½ minced green pepper in 2 tbsp. butter.
  • Make a cream sauce using 1 cup milk, 2 tbsp. flour, 3 tbsp. melted butter.
  • Combine cream sauce and onion and pepper mixture with 1 cup shrimp, 1 ¼ cups soft bread crumbs, 1 tsp. mustard, and 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce.  Bake slowly at 300 degrees for 1 hour.

Exchanges:  ½ grain, 1 lean meat, 1½ fat

Calories:  146; fat:  9 g; protein:  8 g; carbohydrates: 8 g; fiber:  trace; cholesterol:  69 mg; sodium:  190 mg

 

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