#MEwx Temps hover around freezing later with a Greek Salad

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Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have partly sunny skies, becoming cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s with light and variable winds.

Tonight we'll have mostly cloudy skies during evening hours, becoming partly cloudy. Lows around 20°F with light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 9.9°F, the humidity is 85%, the Dew point is 6.3°F with a wind chill of 9.9°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 1.1 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.20, the Absolute pressure is 30.00 and rising with a weather graphic indicating Sun and clouds.

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 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with partly cloudy skies again today.

The UV rating is  1 out of 16, The moon is 7.3% illuminated, the moon phase is waning crescent, Sunrise is 7:13 am↑ 120° Southeast, sunset is 4:21 pm↑ 240° Southwest, Moonrise is 5:52 am↑ 125° Southeast, Moonset is 2:41 pm↑ 234° Southwest and we'll have 9 hours 8 minutes of daylight today.

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

Here's another good-for-you salad.

GREEK SALAD                 

Serves: 1

8 leaves romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces

1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and sliced

1 tomato, chopped

½ cup sliced red onion

½ cup crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese

2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil

2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice

1 tsp. dried oregano leaves

½ tsp. salt

  • Combine 8 leaves lettuce, 1cucumber,  1 tomato, ½ cup onion, ½ cup feta cheese in a large bowl.
  • Whisk together the 2 tbsp. olive oil, 2 tbsp. lemon juice, 1 tsp. oregano leaves and ½ tsp. salt in a small bowl.
  • Pour over the lettuce mixture and toss until coated.

 

This makes a nice accompaniment as a side salad for grilled chicken or fish.

 

Exchanges:  4 fat, 5 lean meat, 1½ carbohydrate

Calories:  501, protein:  22 g; carbohydrates:  25 g; sodium:  2300 mg; (Greek salad without salt:  1134 mg sodium); cholesterol:  30 mg; fiber:  6 g

 

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