#MEwx Clouds, rain possible with temps above freezing and Porcupines with Rice for dinner

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy skies with a chance for rain showers, then a chance of rain showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s with light and variable winds.

Tonight we'll have cloudy conditions with lows around 19°F. North winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 33.8°F, the humidity is 98%, the Dew point is 33.3°F with a wind chill of 33.8°F.

The wind direction is northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH.

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

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

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with Mostly cloudy skies this morning.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, The moon is  22.0% illuminated, the moon phase is waxing crescent, Sunrise is 6:45 am↑ 90° East, sunset is 6:49 pm↑ 270° West, Moonrise is 9:14 am↑ 65° East, Moonset is XXX and we'll have 12 ours 4 minutes of daylight today.

We didn't have any rain or snow here over the past 24 hours, but it sure is melting out there.

This is a fun meal to make, so if you have any little ones around who like to help out…

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.