#MEwx Warm, muggy with a chance for rain and Black Bottom Lemon Cream P:ie

Good morning Augusta.

I’ve put up a new Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view it’s real time readings online here.

This morning we have patchy fog with mostly cloudy skies, turning partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Warm with highs in the mid 80s,  winds are light and variable, becoming south around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms during evening hours, turning mostly clear after midnight. Humid with lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

The wind is Southwest between 1.6 MPH and 4.3 MPH.

We didn’t receive any rain here over the past 24 hours.

The Relative pressure is 29.57, the Absolute pressure is 29.37 and rising with a weather graphic indicating clouds and a possibility of rain.

The outdoor temperature is 66.9°F, the dew point is 65.4°F, the heat index is 66.9°F and the humidity is 95%.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast skies.

The current Solar Radiation reading is 58.3W/m2, the UV Index is 0  placing the average person at low risk, the moon is 20.7% illuminated, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, sunrise is 5:28 AM, sunset is 8:04 PM, moonrise is 10:15 AM, Moonset is 10:32 PM and we’ll have 14 hours 35 minutes of daylight today.

The next full moon is August 11 and the next New Moon is August 27.

 

We’re officially in the dog days of August, so let’s be a bit decadent and go for the really bad for you stuff.

 

BLACK BOTTOM LEMON CREAM PIE

8 servings

1 (4-serving) package JELL-O sugar-free instant chocolate pudding mix

1 1/3 cups Nonfat dry milk powder

2 ¼ cups of water

1 (6-ounce) Keebler shortbread piecrust

1 (4-serving) package JELL-O sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix

1 (4 serving) package JELL-O sugar-free lemon gelatin

½ cup Cool Whip Free

1 tbsp mini chocolate chips

In a large bowl, combine dry chocolate pudding mix, 2/3 cup dry milk powder, and 1 cup water.  Mix well using a wire whisk.  Spread mixture into piecrust.  In another large bowl, combine dry vanilla pudding mix, dry gelatin, remaining 2/3 cup dry milk powder, and remaining 1 ¼ cups water.  Mix well using a wire whisk.  Blend in Cool Whip Free.  Spread mixture evenly over chocolate layer.  Evenly sprinkle chocolate chips over the top.  Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.  Cut into 8 servings.

Diabetic exchanges:  2 starch/carbohydrate – 1 fat  189 calories -   5 gm fat   -   6 gm protein  -  30 gm carbohydrate   -  557 mg sodium   -  139 mg calcium   - 1 gm fiber