Sun, temps above freezing and a great Parfait dessert

Good Morning Augusta

We’re under another winter storm warning for 12 to 18 inches of snow with strong winds again. Spring’s only 8 days away, so let’s keep the faith.

This morning we have sun, becoming cloudy later in the day. High near 40°F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clouds with snow developing after midnight. Low 26°F. Winds NE at 10 to 20 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 75%, the Dew Point is 18.5°F and the outdoor temp is 25.3°F.

The wind direction is   West Southwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.2 MPH, generating a wind chill of 25.2°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.93, the Absolute pressure is 29.72 and steady with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:56 a.m. Sunset is 6:41 p.m., Moonrise is 4:18 a.m., Moonset is 1:55 p.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent being 23% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 121053Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM CLR M04/M06 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP193 T10441061

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies for the time being.

We haven’t received any additional rain or snow here over the past 24 hours.

Space weather for today is:

Today’s Solar flux is 68, the solar wind speed is 381  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Parfait’s are terrific, so why not try this one.

BUTTERSCOTCH GRAHAM CRACKER PARFAIT

Serves 4

1 (4 serving) package Jello sugar-free instant butterscotch pudding mix

2 cups skim milk

8 tbsp purchased graham cracker crumbs or 9 (2 ½-inch) graham cracker squares, made into crumbs

¼ cup Cool Whip Lite

2 maraschino cherries, halved

In a medium bowl, combine dray pudding mix and skim milk.  Mix well using a wire whisk.  Spoon ¼ cup pudding mixture into 4 parfait dishes.  Sprinkle 1 tbsp graham cracker crumbs over top of each.  Layer ¼ cup pudding mixture over crumbs.  Top each with 1 tbsp Cool Whip Lite and garnish with maraschino cherry half.  Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.

HINT:  A self-seal sandwich bag works great for crushing graham crackers.

Each serving equals: 109 calories 1 gm fat 5 gm protein 20 gm carbohydrate 454 mg sodium

151 mg calcium 9 gm fiber Diabetic:  1 starch/carbohydrate    -  ½