#MEwx Cooler today, sunny and Porcupines with Rice for dinner
My Personal Weather Station in Augusta’s North end is reporting conditions in real time here for your convenience.
This morning we have mostly sunny skies with highs in the mid 30s. West winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
Tonight it will be mostly clear with Lows around 14°F. West winds around 10 mph this evening, becoming light and variable.
The readings from my weather instruments are:
The outdoor temperature is 26.6°F, Humidity is 45% and the Dew Point is 7.9°F.
The wind direction is West Northwest between 8.9 MPH and 10.3 MPH with a Wind chill of 19.0°F.
The Relative pressure is 29.94, the Absolute pressure is 29.74 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.
Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with mostly cloudy to 4,700 ft / 1,432 m, mostly cloudy to 6,000 ft / 1,828 m.
The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:48 A.M., Sunset is 6:47 P.M., Moonrise is 2:37 P.M., Moonset is 4:52 A.M. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous being 82% illuminated.
Augusta’s RAW METAR readings are:
METAR KAUG 171053Z AUTO 29010G18KT 10SM BKN047 BKN060 M03/M11 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP154 T10331111 $
We received 0.11 inches of snow melt here over the past 24 hours.
This dish is what I’d consider “calorie light” but not extremely so. It is very tasty though.
PORCUPINES WITH RICE
Serves 8
1 lb ground lean turkey
½ cup chopped green pepper
½ cup chopped onion
¼ tsp garlic powder
1 egg beaten
2 tbsp parsley
½ tsp thyme
¼ tsp pepper
1 14 ½ oz stewed tomatoes diced
1 cup brown or wild rice
2 cups cooked noodles
Sauté onions and peppers. Add ground turkey, all spices, egg and mix together forming into balls. Roll into rice. Put meat balls in baking pan which has been sprayed with cooking spray; pour can of tomatoes over mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes. Serve over hot noodles.
Exchanges: 2 vegetables; 1 ½ meat; 1 ½ starch
Calories: 221; fat: 6 gm; protein: 15 gm; carbohydrate: 27 gm; sodium: 374 mg; fiber: 1 gm.
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