#MEwx Very cold, below zero and chocolate meringue bars

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Good morning Augusta

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

here.

This morning it's darn cold out there. It's Mostly sunny with expected highs around 19°F. Winds are light and variable. 

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies during evening hours, becoming mostly cloudy. Not as cold with lows around 13°F with light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:       

Our outdoor temperature is -6.3°F, the humidity is 54%, the Dew Point is -18.8°F and our wind chill is -6.3°F.

The wind direction is North between 0.1 MPH and 0.3 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.54, the Absolute pressure is 30.34 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles with clear, cold skies and a bright, very cold sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:39 A.M. EST, Sunset is 5:07 P.M. EST.

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

How about a few of these bars for dessert

CHOCOLATE MERINGUE BARS

1 cup shortening

½ cup white sugar

½ cup brown sugar

2 egg yolks, slightly beaten

2 cups flour

¼ tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

1 6oz. pkg. chocolate chips

½ cup chopped walnuts

2 egg whites, beaten stiff

1 cup brown sugar

  1. Add 1 Tblsp. water to slightly beaten eggs yolks. 
  2. Mix together shortening, sugars, egg yolks, and vanilla.
  3. Sift dry ingredients together and add to the sugar mixture.
  4. Spread dough on cookie sheet.
  5. Sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts on top.
  6. For topping: add 1 cup brown sugar, 1 Tblsp. at a time, to stiffly beaten egg whites. 
  7. Spread mixture over top of dough.
  8. Bake in 350⁰ oven for 20 minutes.
  9. Cool, cut into squares.

 

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