Warmer, no rain and a fantastic shrimp recipe

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Good Morning Augusta

Today it’s going to be partly sunny with a high of 58ºF.  We’ll have Northwest winds to 10 mph gusting to 20 mph.

Tonight it will be partly cloudy with a low near 34ºF and Northwest winds between 5 and 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 99%, the dew point is 36ºF, outside it’s 41.9ºF.

The wind direction is Northeast between 2.7 MPH and 4.0 MPH, generating a wind chill of 41.9ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.25 / HPA  1024.3 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:58 a.m. Sunset is 7:21 P.M. Moon rise is at 9:45 a.m., Moon set is at 7:31 a.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 130953Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM BKN045 03/00 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP217 T00280000

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with mostly cloudy skies down to 4,500 ft / 1,371 m.

 We received 0.21 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 397  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

As I continue with the fish theme I couldn’t resist a shrimp recipe.  Yeas, I know, Shrimp isn’t really “a fish.”  But hey, are you going to refuse to eat any of it?

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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