Warming up again, clear and a Halibut Steak Marengo recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have clouds giving way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High around 75ºF. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a stray shower or thunderstorm possible. Low will be 58 ºF. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is %, the Dew Point is ºF and the outdoor temp is ºF.

The wind direction is  Southwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.2 MPH, with a wind chill of 35ºF.

The Relative pressure is 30.47, the Absolute pressure is 30.27 and falling with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:40 a.m. Sunset is 6:13 P.M. Moon rise is 6:03 p.m., Moon set is 5:05 p.m., and the moon phase is waxing Gibbous being 94% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 041053Z AUTO 19003KT 9SM CLR 08/07 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP267 T00780072

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies so far.

 We didn’t receive any rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 81, the solar wind speed is 371 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

You REALLY should try the following Marengo recipe.  I promise, you’ll love it.

HALIBUT STEAKS MARENGO

Serves 4

1 ¼ lbs halibut steaks

Dash salt and pepper

1 medium tomato, diced

¼ cup fresh mushrooms, sliced

1 ¼ cup onion, sliced

¼ cup celery, diced

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp canola oil

¼ tsp dried thyme

Parsley, chopped, for garnish

1.                  Place fish in shallow baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Top with diced tomato and set aside.

2.                  In a 2-cup measure, mix mushrooms, onion, celery, lemon juice, oil, and thyme.  Cover with vented plastic wrap, and microwave on HIGH for 2 to 3 minutes.  Spoon over fish.

3.                  Microwave fish, covered with wax paper, for 6 minutes on HIGH.  Halibut is cooked if it flakes easily when pierced with a fork.  Garnish with fresh parsley.

Exchanges:  4 lean meats; 1 vegetable

Calories:  214; cholesterol:  46 mg; carbohydrate:  6 gm; protein:  31 gm; fiber:  2.1 gm; total fat:  7 gm; saturated fat:  .8 gm; polyunsaturated:  1.1 gm; monounsaturated:  3.4 gm