Warmer, no rain, more melting and a great chicken Dinner

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers. Highs will be in the upper 40s. We’ll have Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 50 percent.…

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with low temperatures in the lower 30s. Northwest winds will be 10 to 15 mph.…

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 76%, the dew point is 32ºF, outside it’s 3.6ºC and 38.7ºF.

The wind direction is Northwest between 1.8 MPH and 2.7 MPH, generating a wind chill of 38.7ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.59 / HPA  998.6 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:07 a.m. Sunset is 7:15 P.M. Moon rise is at 4:43 a.m., Moon set is at 5:06 a.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 080953Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM SCT044 OVC060 03/M02 A2937 RMK AO2 SLP950 T00281022

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with scattered clouds to 4,400 ft / 1,341 m. and overcast to 6,000 ft / 1,828 m.

We received 0.04  inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 80, the solar wind speed is 545  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 10%.

To continue my chicken-themed strain of recipes I’m posting a home style chicken dinner.  “Think thin, eat light” and that means some chicken!

HOME-STYLE CHICKEN DINNER

4 servings

1 tbsp butter or margarine

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1¼ lbs)

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper, if desired

¾ cup water

1 envelope (0.87 oz) chicken gravy mix 1 bag (14 oz) frozen baby whole potatoes, broccoli, carrots, baby corn and red pepper strips

1 jar (4.5 oz) sliced mushrooms, drained

Chopped fresh chives or parsley, if desired

Melt butter in 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Cook chicken in buffer 15 to 20 minutes, turning once, until juice is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm.   Mix water and gravy mix (dry) in small bowl; pour into same skillet. Stir in vegetable mixture and mushrooms. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until largest pieces of potato are hot. Add chicken; cover and simmer about 2 minutes or until chicken is heated through. Serve vegetable and gravy mixture over chicken. Sprinkle with chives.   Love potatoes but can’t find the frozen vegetables blend in this recipes?  Try using one of your favorite frozen vegetable blends and a 15 or 16 oz can of whole potatoes, drained, instead.  Serve with a colorful coleslaw made by stirring cubed unpeeled red apply into purchased coleslaw.  Add crusty hard rolls for hearty appetites.