#MEwx Mild temps, clouds, some sun and Open-Face Crab Sandwiches

Good morning Augusta.

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

This morning we have partly sunny skies with highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies with lows in the upper 30s. Winds will be light and variable.

We’ve received 0.23 additional  inches of rainfall here from the strom giving us a storm rainfall total of 0.65 inches over the past 36 hours. Hey, we need the rain, right?.

The wind is West between  0.0 MPH and 2.9 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.42, the Absolute pressure is 29.22 and rising with a weather graphic indicating clouds and sun.

The  outdoor temperature is 50.2°F, the dew point is 49.9°F, the heat index is 59.0°F and the humidity is 99%.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with mostly cloudy skies.

The UV index is 0 placing the average person at no risk, the solar radiation reading is 20.7W/m2, the moon phase is waning crescent and the moon is 33.6% illuminated. Sunrise is 6:59 AM, sunset is 5:50 PM, moonrise is 12:21 AM, Moonset is 3:42 PM and we’ll have 10 hours 50 minutes of daylight today.

Our next Full Moon is on November 8, and our next new moon will be on October 25.

 

OPEN-FACE CRAB SANDWICHES

Serves 8

 

½ cup fat-free mayonnaise

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

4 English muffins, split and toasted

1 (8 oz.) can crabmeat or frozen imitation crab thawed

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp dried parsley flakes

8 (3/4 oz) slices reduced-fat Swiss cheese

 

Preheat oven to broil.  In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and mustard.  Spread mayonnaise mixture even over muff halves.  In a medium bowl, combine crabmeat, Worcestershire sauce, and parsley flakes.  Divide crabmeat mixture evenly over muffins.  Top each with 1 slice of Swiss cheese.  Place muffin halves on a broiler-proof baking sheet.  Broil about 3 minutes or until cheese is melted.  Serve at once.

Exchanges:  1 ½ meat   -  1 starch  178 calories   -   6 gm fat   -  13 gm protein    18 gm carbo     736 mg sodium   - 1 gm fiber