#MEwx Not as cold during daylight and Dilly Shrimp Salad

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs in the lower 30s with light and variable winds, becoming northwest around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we'll have mostly cloudy conditions with a chance of snow after midnight. Lows around 8°F with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent. Wind chill values as low as 8 below after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 29.1°F, the humidity is 98%, the Dew point is 28.6°F with a wind chill of 29.1°F.

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

The Relative pressure is 29.91, the Absolute pressure is 29.71 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

If you want to see real-time instrument readings from my personal weather station click Here. That will take you directly to my weather station.

Visibility is poor outside again because it's snowing out there.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, The moon is  99.8% illuminated, the moon phase is a FULL MOON, Sunrise is 7:01 am↑ 115° Southeast, sunset is 4:43 pm↑ 245° West, Moonrise is 4:31 pm↑ 59° Northeast, Moonset is 7:16 am↑ 302° Northwest and we'll have 9 hours 42 minutes of daylight today.

We've received roughly 0.03 inches of snow here over the past 24 hours.

How about a shrimp salad?

DILLY SHRIMP SALAD

12 oz Alaska pink shrimp (about 2-½ cups)

½ cup thinly sliced onion

¼ cup Italian-style salad dressing

¼ tsp dill weed (up to ½ tsp)

1 quart torn salad greens

¼ cup sliced water chestnuts

 

Combine shrimp, onion, salad dressing and dill weed. Marinate, refrigerated, 1 hour to blend flavors.  Toss greens and water chestnuts in salad bowl. Spoon shrimp into center of greens. Toss just before serving.

 

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 179 Calories; 9g Fat (44.0% calories from fat); 18g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 129mg Cholesterol; 248mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 2 ½ Lean Meat; ½ Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 ½ Fat.