Warming temps and a recipe for Marinated Mushrooms

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have partly cloudy skies with an expected  high of 33°F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies and a low of 12°F. Winds will be from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 69%, the Dew Point is 18.1ºF and the outdoor temp is 27.0ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 2.5 MPH and 4.9 MPH, generating a wind chill of 23.6°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.58, the Absolute pressure is 29.48 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:14 a.m. Sunset is 4:18 p.m., Moonrise is 12:10 p.m., Moonset is 11:49 a.m. and the moon phase is in it’s last quarter being 44% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 091153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW070 OVC090 M03/M06 A2981 RMK AO2 SNB1055E09 SLP100 P0000 60000 T10281056 11028 21033 55000

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with Clouds to 7,000 ft / 2,133 m and overcast to 9,000 ft / 2,743 m.

We received approximately 1.3 inches of snow  here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 70, the solar wind speed is 507  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Tell you what I’m going to do – this will be the last dietary recipe for a while IF you guys all agree to exercise and eat healthy so that you can lose the holiday weight.  Deal?

MARINATED MUSHROOMS

 

Serves 4

 

2 cups fresh whole mushrooms

1 cup hot water

½ cup fat free Italian dressing

 

In a saucepan, combine mushrooms and water.  Bring mixture to a boil.  Drain.  Place mushrooms in a small bowl.  Pour Italian dressing over hot mushrooms.   Stir gently to coat.  Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.  Gently stir again just before serving.

Exchanges:   1 free food   20 calories   -   0 gm fat   -   1 gm protein    -   4 gm carbohydrate    - 281 mg sodium   -  1 gm fiber