#MEwx Cold, sun, some cloouds and Dilly Shrimp Salad

Good morning Augusta.

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

This morning we have clouds, becoming partly sunny, then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of light snow early. Highs in the upper 20s with North winds around 10 mph gusting to 25 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with lows around 16°F. North winds will be around 10 mph during evening hours, becoming light and variable.

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

The wind is North Northeast between  4.5 MPH and 12.3 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.94, the Absolute pressure is 29.74 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.

The  outdoor temperature is 15.6°F, the dew point is 9.1°F, the wind chill is 8.4°F and the humidity is 75%. 

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with sun and clouds.

The UV index is 0 placing the average person at no risk and the solar radiation reading is 15.3W/m2. Sunrise is 7:07 AM, sunset is 4:01 PM, moonrise is 7:56 PM, Moonset is 10:47 AM. The moon phase is

Waning gibbous and is 91% illuminated. We’ll have 8 hours 54 minutes of daylight today.

The next Full Moon is January 6,2023 (Wolf Moon) with our next new moon being on December 23.

 

If you can’t slow down on the tase-testing of those baked goody baskets you’re making, have this for dinner tonight.

 

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.