#MEwx High potential for rain and Shrimp Cassarole

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Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox didn’t play last night. We’re 77 and 70.

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

This morning it’s mostly cloudy with a chance for showers, with showers likely this afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds around 10 mph this evening,

becoming light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 52.2°F, the humidity is 93% and the Dew Point is 50.2°F.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.3 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 30.29, the Absolute pressure is 30.09 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clouds to 2,500 ft / 762 m. and mostly cloudy to 7,000 ft / 2,133 m.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:16 AM Sunset is 6:51 PM, Moonrise is 7:31 PM, moonset is 6:25 AM and tonight we have a full moon.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 141153Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM FEW025 BKN070 10/08 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP281 T01000078 10100 20067 56010

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

Shifting from Salmon and haddock to Shrimp …

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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