#MEwx Warm again, melting/slick driving and a Fantastic Marinated ,Mushroom recipe!

Good morning Augusta

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

here.

This morning its mostly cloudy with a slight chance for sprinkles during morning hours. Highs will reach to the mid 40s with light and variable winds.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with lows in the upper 20s. Winds will be light and variable winds, becoming north around 10 mph after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 34.2°F, the humidity is 74%, the Dew Point is 26.8°F and our wind chill is 34.2°F.

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

The Relative pressure is 29.88, the Absolute pressure is 29.68 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles with cloudy skies.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:23 A.M., Sunset is 5:21 P.M., today we’ll have 10 hours, 57 Minutes of daylight, Moonrise is 7:39 A.M., Moonset is 7:21 P.M. The moon is waxing crescent and is 3.4% illuminated.

We didn’t receive any snow or rain here over the past 24 hours, but we still have a lot of melting going on out there, so watch for water-covered ice patches.

Okay, for those of you who chastise me for not posting “healthy” recipes, this one is for you.

MARINATED MUSHROOMS

 

Serves 4

 

2 cups fresh whole mushrooms

1 cup hot water

½ cup fat free Italian dressing

 

In a saucepan, combine mushrooms and water.  Bring mixture to a boil.  Drain.  Place mushrooms in a small bowl.  Pour Italian dressing over hot mushrooms.   Stir gently to coat.  Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.  Gently stir again just before serving.

 

Exchanges:   1 free food   20 calories   -   0 gm fat   -   1 gm protein    -   4 gm carbohydrate    - 281 mg sodium   -  1 gm fiber