#MEwx Cold, windy and Tropical Isle Chicken Salad for dinner. Yum!

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Good morning Augusta

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

here.

Today it’s going to be mostly sunny with highs in the lower 20s. Northwest winds will be 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph. Wind chill values as low as zero.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with lows around 13°F. Winds will be light and variable, becoming south around 10 mph after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 16.0°F, the humidity is 40%, the Dew Point is -4.0°F and our wind chill is 4.6°F.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 9.8 MPH and 11.1 MPH.  

The Relative pressure is 30.36, the Absolute pressure is 30.16, the HPA is 1029  and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear sunny skies.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:14 A.M. EST, Sunset is 4:18 P.M. EST, Moonrise is 3:14 P.M. EST, Moonset is 6:07 A.M. EST and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 091153Z AUTO 28009G17KT 10SM CLR M10/M17 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP294 T11001167 11056 21100 51051

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

Let’s stick with poultry in recipes. It’s good for you. Keep telling yourself that.

TROPICAL ISLE CHICKEN SALAD

 

Serves:  4 (scant ½ cup)

 

1½ cups diced cooked chicken breast

1 cup 8-oz. can crushed pineapple, packed in fruit juice, drained

2 tbsp. chopped slivered almonds

½ cup chopped celery

¼ fat-free mayonnaise

1 tsp. brown sugar twin

 

  • In a medium bowl, combine 1½ cups chicken, 1 can pineapple, 2 tbsp. chopped slivered almonds and ½ cup celery.
  • Add mayonnaise and brown sugar twin.  Mix well to combine.
  • Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.  Gently stir again just before serving.

 

Hint:  It’s equally good served on lettuce leaves or as a sandwich filling.

 

Exchanges:  2 meat, 1 fruit          Calories:  167; fat:  4 g; protein:  19 g; carbohydrate:  14 g; sodium 182 mg; fiber:  1 g

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