Hotter, muggier and a strawberry delight dessert!

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have a lot of sunshine with a steamy high of 89ºF or higher.  Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with a low of 63ºF. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 76%, the dew point is 62ºF and outside it’s  70.1ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 0.0 MPH and 2.5 MPH, with a heat index of 72ºF.

The Relative pressure is 29.66, the Absolute pressure is 29.46 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:14 a.m. Sunset is 8:15 P.M. Moon rise is 3:21 a.m., Moon set is 6:36 p.m., and the moon phase is waning crescent being 6% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 211053Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02060167

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies.

    We received 0.8 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 74, the solar wind speed is 388 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 5%.

If you love strawberries as much as I do, you must try this conconcotion!

Strawberry Freeze

16 servings

12 CHIPS AHOY! Real Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 can (12 oz.) frozen berry juice concentrate, thawed

1 cup crushed strawberries

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

2 cups whole strawberries, halved

ARRANGE cookies on bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gradually add juice concentrate, beating well after each

addition.

Stir in crushed strawberries. Add whipped topping; stir with wire whisk until well blended.

Pour over cookies in pan.

FREEZE several hours or until firm. Remove from freezer; let stand in refrigerator for about 15 min.

before serving. Top with the halved strawberries.

Store any leftover dessert in freezer.

Potential modifications:

One Substitute:

Prepare as directed, using COOL WHIP Strawberry Whipped Topping.

Or:

Trim 4 grams of fat and 2 grams of saturated fat per serving by preparing as directed, using CHIPS AHOY! Reduced Fat Real Chocolate Chip Cookies; PHILADELPHIA

Neufchatel Cheese, 1/3 Less Fat than Cream Cheese and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

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Nutrition (per serving)

Calories

220

Total fat

10g

Saturated fat

7g

Cholesterol

15mg

Sodium

90mg

Carbohydrate

32g

Dietary fiber

1g

Sugars

24g

Protein

2g

Vitamin A

4%DV

Vitamin C

50%DV

Calcium

0%DV

Iron

2%DV