#MEwx Hot, sunny and Halibut Steaks Maringo

Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox  lost to the Tampa Bay Rays last night 5-4 in 11 innings. We’re 79 and 74.

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

This morning it’s foggy with Mostly sunny skies. Visibility is one quarter mile or less at times this morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds, becoming south around 10 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 57.7°F, the humidity is 99% and the Dew Point is 57.6°F.

The wind direction is West between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 30.97, the Absolute pressure is 29.87 and steady with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 0.2 Miles / 0.4 Kilometers with some clouds above this fog somewhere.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:25 AM Sunset is 6:36 PM, Moonrise is 11:52 PM, moonset is 2:43 PM and the moon phase is Waning Gibbous.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 221053Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG VV002 13/13 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP203 T01330133

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

Let’s have fish steak tonight!!

HALIBUT STEAKS MARENGO

Serves 4

 

1 ¼ lbs halibut steaks

Dash salt and pepper

1 medium tomato, diced

¼ cup fresh mushrooms, sliced

1 ¼ cup onion, sliced

¼ cup celery, diced

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp canola oil

¼ tsp dried thyme

Parsley, chopped, for garnish

 

1.                  Place fish in shallow baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Top with diced tomato and set aside.

2.                  In a 2-cup measure, mix mushrooms, onion, celery, lemon juice, oil, and thyme.  Cover with vented plastic wrap, and microwave on HIGH for 2 to 3 minutes.  Spoon over fish.

3.                  Microwave fish, covered with wax paper, for 6 minutes on HIGH.  Halibut is cooked if it flakes easily when pierced with a fork.  Garnish with fresh parsley.

 

Exchanges:  4 lean meats; 1 vegetable

Calories:  214; cholesterol:  46 mg; carbohydrate:  6 gm; protein:  31 gm; fiber:  2.1 gm; total fat:  7 gm; saturated fat:  .8 gm; polyunsaturated:  1.1 gm; monounsaturated:  3.4 gm