Snow, rain, warming temperatures and garlic parm bread sticks

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Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have freezing rain, changing to regular rain this afternoon with a high of 43 °F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have a 70% chance for showers, then partly cloudy overnight. Low 33F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 79%, the Dew Point is 16.5°F and the outdoor temp is 22.3°F.

The wind direction is  Northeast between 0.1 MPH and 0.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 22.3°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.80, the Absolute pressure is 29.60 and rising with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:06 a.m. Sunset is 4:36 p.m., Moonrise is 10:30

a.m., Moonset is 11:23 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent being 36% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 231153Z AUTO 01007KT 2 1/2SM -FZRA BR OVC004 M07/M08 A3004 RMK AO2 FZRAB16 SLP179 P0000 60004 70019 I1004 I6017 T10671078 11067 21078 57036

Visibility is 2.5 miles / 4.0 kilometers with overcast to 400 ft / 121 m.

We received just over 3 inches of snowfall so far here over the past 24 hours, and rain is on the way.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 69, the solar wind speed is

458  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

When is the last time you made your own bread sticks?  Give these a try, you won’t regret it.

GARLIC PARMESAN         BREAD STICKS

Serves:  12

¼ lb. Butter or margarine (1 stick)

1 pkg. skinny breadsticks

1 cup parmesan cheese

garlic salt or a couple of cloves of garlic and garlic press

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
  • Melt butter and garlic together. 
  • Lay breadsticks on baking sheet or foil.  Pour over ¼ lb. Butter with garlic and roll to coat.  Then roll in 1 cup parmesan cheese, coating each stick well.
  • Line another cookie sheet with foil, shiny side up, and arrange breadsticks in a row, not touching.
  • Bake 10 minutes @ 350 degree oven.  Watch carefully.  Serve at room temperature as a bread.  May be made ahead and may be frozen.

Exchanges:  ½ lean meat, 1½ fat

Calories:  101; fat:  10 g; protein:  3 g; carbohydrate:  1 g; fiber;  trace; cholesterol:  26 mg; sodium:  206 mg

 

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