#MEwx coler, sunny and Porcupines with rice for dinner

Good morning Augusta

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This morning its partly sunny with highs in the lower 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 30 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with lows around 16°F. Southwest winds around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph during evening hours, becoming light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 28.9°F, the humidity is 47%, the Dew Point is 11.3°F and our wind chill is 28.9°F.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.3 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.49, the Absolute pressure is 29.29 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sunw.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles with

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, The moon is 20.2% illuminated, the moon phase is waxing Crescent, Sunrise is 6:18 A.M., Sunset is 5:25 P.M., Moonrise is 8:45 A.M., Moonset is 10:23 P.M and we’ll have 11 hours 6 minutes of daylight today.  

We received 0.96 inches of rain here since yesterdays readings.

Get the kids to help you make this one.

PORCUPINES WITH RICE

Serves 8

1 lb ground lean turkey

½ cup chopped green pepper

½ cup chopped onion

¼ tsp garlic powder

1 egg beaten

2 tbsp parsley

½ tsp thyme

¼ tsp pepper

1 14 ½ oz stewed tomatoes diced

1 cup brown or wild rice

2 cups cooked noodles

Sauté onions and peppers.  Add ground turkey, all spices, egg and mix together forming into balls.  Roll into rice.  Put meat balls in baking pan which has been sprayed with cooking spray; pour can of tomatoes over mixture.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes.  Serve over hot noodles.

Exchanges:  2 vegetables; 1 ½ meat; 1 ½ starch

Calories:  221; fat:  6 gm; protein:  15 gm; carbohydrate:  27 gm; sodium:  374 mg; fiber:  1 gm.