#MEwx Cold, snowy and Shrimp Casserole for dinner

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Good morning Augusta

This morning we have partly sunny skies this afternoon. Snow continuing during morning hours. Additional snow accumulation around an inch. Highs in the upper 20s. West winds around 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a chance of snow showers in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times this evening. Lows around 1°F.

West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as low as 13 below after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Wind Chill is 19.8°F, Dew Point is 14.4°F, the humidity is 79%, and the outdoor temp is 19.8°F.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.5 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.58, the Absolute pressure is 29.38 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain/snow.

Visibility is 1.2 miles / 2.0 Kilometers with overcast skies to 1,000 ft / 304 m.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:59 A.M., Sunset is 4:45 P.M., Moonrise is 2:48 A.M., Moonset is 12:34 p.M. and the moon phase is waning crescent. 

Augusta’s RAW METAR readings are:

METAR KAUG 301153Z AUTO 34008KT 1 1/4SM -SN BR OVC010 M08/M09 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP058 P0002 60005 70008 T10831094 11083 21106 56013 $

We received roughly 3 inches of snow here over the past 24 hours and it’s still coming down.

How about Shrimp for dinner? At 146 Calories per serving you’ll love it. Look at it like this, fish dish meals are a lot better than Tofu meals, right?

SHRIMP CASSEROLE

Serves:  8

1 cup cut-up shrimp

1 ¼ cup soft bread crumbs

1 tsp. mustard

2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

½ small onion, minced

½ small green pepper, minced

2 tbsp. butter

1 cup milk

2 tbsp. flour

3 tbsp. melted butter

 

  • Sauté ½ minced onion, and ½ minced green pepper in 2 tbsp. butter.
  • Make a cream sauce using 1 cup milk, 2 tbsp. flour, 3 tbsp. melted butter.
  • Combine cream sauce and onion and pepper mixture with 1 cup shrimp, 1 ¼ cups soft bread crumbs, 1 tsp. mustard, and 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce.  Bake slowly at 300 degrees for 1 hour.

Exchanges:  ½ grain, 1 lean meat, 1½ fat

Calories:  146; fat:  9 g; protein:  8 g; carbohydrates: 8 g; fiber:  trace; cholesterol:  69 mg; sodium:  190 mg

 

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