Warm, sun and New Orleans Fish and Rice

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have mostly sunny skies and a high of 72°F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with a low of 49°F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Dew Point is  42.1°F, the humidity is 50%, and the outdoor temp is 60.8°F.

The wind direction is   East between 0.0 MPH and 0.1 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.09, the Absolute pressure is 29.89 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:59 a.m. Sunset is 8:14 p.m., Moonrise is 9:11 p.m., Moonset is 5:58 a.m. and the moon phase is a FULL MOON being 99% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 301053Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 13/06 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP241 T01330056

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with

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

Space weather for today is:

The Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 339 and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Since the remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto are coming up from the Southern Gulf Coast, try this delicious dish from down in Cajun country.

NEW ORLEANS FISH AND RICE

½ cup chopped onion

1 cup green bell pepper

1 ¾ cups (one 15 oz. can) chunky tomato sauce

½ tsp dried minced garlic

1 tsp tabasco sauce

1 tbsp brown sugar twin

2 tsps dried parsley flakes

16 oz white fish, cut into 16 pieces

2 cups hot cooked rice

In a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray sauté onion and green pepper for 5 minutes or until tender.  Stir in tomato sauce, garlic, Tabasco sauce, brown sugar twin, and parsley flakes.  Add fish pieces.  Mix gently to combine.  Lower heat, cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, or until fish is tender, stirring occasionally.  For each service, place ½ rice on a plate and spoon about 1 full cup sauce mixture over top.

Each serving equals:  213 calories – 1 gm fat – 25 gm protein – 26 gm carbohydrate – 796 mg sodium – 57 mg calcium – 3 gm fiber 

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