#MEwx Cood, raw and rain with Holiday Cranberry Bread for a goodie

Good morning Augusta

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

here.

We’re still under a Real Flood watch – read the updated Watch in the blog post preceding this one.

Today it’s going to be rainy with areas of fog. Rain may be heavy at times during morning hours. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Highs in the upper 40s with East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have Cloudy skies with rain mainly during evening hours. Lows will be around 40°F. South winds 15 to 20 mph gusting to 30 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 49.8°F, the humidity is 97%, the Dew Point is 49.1°F and our wind chill is 46.2°F.

The wind direction is East Southeast between 7.6 MPH and 9.4 MPH.  

The Relative pressure is 29.67, the Absolute pressure is 29.47, the HPA is 1008 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with rain and overcast skies to 800 ft.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:07 A.M. EST, Sunset is 4:00 P.M. EST, Moonrise is 6:30 P.M. EST, Moonset is 9:19 A.M. EST and the moon phase is waning gibbous.

The RAW METAR reading for Augusta is:

METAR KWVL 141156Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM RA OVC008 08/07 A2989 RMK AO2 CIG 006V013 PRESFR SLP152 P0004 60018 70022 T00780072 10078 20011 58052

We received 0.88 inches of rain/snow melt here over the past 24 hours.

Here’s another great tasting holiday goodie. I love the Holidays, don’t you?

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY BREAD

Serves 8 thick or 16 thin slices

 

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (unbleached)

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ cup Splenda

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

1 cup coarsely chopped fresh or frozen cranberries

¼ cup chopped walnuts

½ cup unsweetened orange juice

1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 egg or equivalent in egg substitute

1 tsp vanilla

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a 9-by-5 inch loaf pan with buttered flavored cooking spray.   In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, Splenda, and dry pudding mix. Stir in cranberries and walnuts.  In a small bowl, combine orange juice, applesauce, egg, and vanilla extract.  Add orange juice mixture to flour mixture.  Mix well to combine.   Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.  Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Place loaf pan on a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.  Remove from pan and continue to cool completely on wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.  Remove from pan and continue to cool completely on wire rack.   Cut into 8 thick or 16 thin slices.

 

Exchanges:  1 ½ starch/Carbohydrate   -   ½ fruit   147 calories   -  3 gm fat      4 gm protein   -   26 gm carbohydrate   -   393 mg sodium   -   46 mg calcium   - 1 gm fiber