#MEwx Cold, sun and Holiday Pumpkin cheesecake: Happy Friday the 13th.

Good morning Augusta

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

here.

We’re under a flood watch for today and tomorrow, read the complete watch in the blog post preceding this one below.

Today it’s going to be mostly cloudy with a chance of drizzle this afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 30s with light and variable winds, shifting south around 10 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have drizzle likely with rain during evening hours, then rain after midnight. Not as cold with lows in the mid 30s with light and variable winds, becoming southeast around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 24.1°F, the humidity is 52%, the Dew Point is 9.0°F and our wind chill is 24.1°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.4 MPH and 1.0 MPH.  

The Relative pressure is 30.47, the Absolute pressure is 30.27, the HPA is 1035 and steady with a weather graphic indicating partial clouds.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skiesfor the time being.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:06 A.M. EST, Sunset is 4:00 P.M. EST, Moonrise is 5:28 P.M. EST, Moonset is 8:23 A.M. EST and we have a Full Moon.

The RAW METAR reading for Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 131253Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR M06/M10 A3055 RMK AO2 SLP350 T10561100

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

How about a Holiday style Cheesecake?

HOLIDAY PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Serves 8

1 (8 oz) packages Philadelphia fat-free cream cheese

1 (4 serving) package JELLO sugar-free instant butterscotch pudding mix

2/3 cup nonfat dry milk

1 (15 oz) can pumpkin

1 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice

¾ cup Cool Whip Lite

1 (6 oz) graham cracker piecrust

2 tbsp chopped pecans

 

In a large bowl, stir cream cheese with a spoon until soft.  Add dry pudding mix, dry milk powder, pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spice.  Mix well using a wire whisk.  Blend in ¼ cup Cool Whip Lite.  Spread mixture into piecrust.  Evenly spread remaining ½ cup Cool Whip Lite over filling.  Evenly sprinkle pecans over top.  Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.   Cut into 8 servings.

 

Exchanges:  2/starch/carbohydrate   -  1 meat   -  1 fat  227 calories   -   7 gm fat   -   12 gm protein   -   39 carbohydrate   -   679 sodium   -   89 mg calcium   -   3 gm fiber