#MEwx Rainy all day and a Pork Chop Dinner recipe

Good morning Augusta

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

This morning it’s raining with highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have rain with lows in the upper 40s. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 62.8°F, the humidity is 93% and the Dew Point is 60.8°F.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 0.9 MPH and 2.5 MPH and the Wind Chill is 62.8°F. 

The Relative pressure is 30.03, the Absolute pressure is 29.83 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast skies to 2,500 ft / 762 m.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:43 AM Sunset is 6:09 PM, Moonrise is 3:44 PM, moonset is 12:17 AM and  the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

Augusta’s RAW METAR readings are:

METAR KAUG 071053Z AUTO 18009G15KT 10SM OVC025 17/15 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01670150

We received 0.05 (so far) Inches of rain here over the past 24 hours, and it’s going to continue on and off most of today.

Did you see all of that white frost on the ground the past few mornings? Get some meat into your family to burn off to keep them warm inside.

PORK CHOP DINNER

4 (6-oz) lean center-cut pork chops (½ inch thick)

¼ cup chopped onion

¼ cup chopped green pepper

1 ½ cups canned tomatoes

½ cup long-grain rice, uncooked

1 tsp salt

¼ tsp dry mustard

1/8 tsp ground allspice

1/8 tsp pepper

Cook pork chops in a nonstick skillet over medium heat until lightly browned.  Drain and pat dry with paper towels.  Set chops aside.  Sauté onion and green pepper in skillet until tender.  Combine tomatoes and remaining ingredients; add to skillet.  Place pork chops on top of mixture in skillet.  Cover; simmer 30 minutes or until rice is tender.

Exchanges:  2 starch  - 3 medium-fat meat  Calories:  319   -  Carbohydrate:  29 gm  -  Fiber:  2 gm  -  Protein:  24 gm  -  Sodium:  1047  -  Fat:  11gm  -  Cholesterol:  69mg