Warm, sunny and open-face crab sandwiches

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have clouds giving way to mainly sunny skies this afternoon. High 79°F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with a low of 54°F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Dew Point is  58.8°F, the humidity is 80%, and the outdoor temp is 65.1°F.

The wind direction is   West Northwest between 4.0 MPH and 4.9 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.48, the Absolute pressure is 29.27 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:54 a.m. Sunset is 8:26 p.m., Moonrise is 11:39 a.m., Moonset is 12:24 a.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent being 38% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 190853Z AUTO 32009KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A2962 RMK AO2 SLP030 T01780139 53024

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

We have received 0.65 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours. We need it too.

Space weather for today is:

The Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 495 MPH and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

How about an easy-to-make open-face crab sandwich for dinner? Cool to prepare, easy not to mention nutricious and delicious.

OPEN-FACE CRAB SANDWICHES

Serves 8

½ cup fat-free mayonnaise

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

4 English muffins, split and toasted

1 (8 oz.) can crabmeat or frozen imitation crab thawed

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp dried parsley flakes

8 (3/4 oz) slices reduced-fat Swiss cheese

Preheat oven to broil.  In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and mustard.  Spread mayonnaise mixture even over muff halves.  In a medium bowl, combine crabmeat, Worcestershire sauce, and parsley flakes.  Divide crabmeat mixture evenly over muffins.  Top each with 1 slice of Swiss cheese.  Place muffin halves on a broiler-proof baking sheet.  Broil about 3 minutes or until cheese is melted.  Serve at once.

Exchanges:  1 ½ meat   -  1 starch  178 calories   -   6 gm fat   -  13 gm protein    18 gm carbo     736 mg sodium   - 1 gm fiber