#MEwx Very cold with a Wind Chill Watch, sun and Reverse Chocolate Flan

Good morning Augusta.

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

We’re under a Wind Chill Watch, which I’ve posted at the bottom of this post and in the post preceding this one. READ IT.

This morning we have mostly sunny skies with Highs around 19°F. Winds are light and variable.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear conditions  with lows around 6°F above winds will be light and variable.

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

The  wind is East Southeast between  1.1 MPH and 3.4 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.07, the Absolute pressure is 29.87 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.

Augusta’s humidity is 81%, the  outdoor temperature is 2.7°F, the dew point is -1.8°F and the wind chill is 2.7°F.  

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with sun.

The UV index is 0 placing the average person at low risk and the solar radiation reading is 21.7W/m2. The moon is waxing gibbous and is 84.6% illuminated.

Sunrise is 6:57 AM, sunset is 4:48                 PM, moonrise is 12:46 PM and Moonset is 4:28 AM. We’ll have 9 hours 51 minutes of daylight today. The next Full Moon is on February 5 with our next new moon being on February 20.

 

 

This stuff is simply decadent! Try it, you’ll like it!

Reversed Impossible Chocolate Flan

Adapted from “Sweet & Southern” by Ben Mims

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE BATTER

Nonstick cooking spray

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon kosher salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

¾ cup unsweetened coconut milk

1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar or coconut vinegar

1 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature

¾ cup sugar

1 large egg

FOR THE CUSTARD

1 14ounce can sweetened condensed milk

1 12ounce can evaporated milk

½ cup Dutch process cocoa powder

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 large eggs

MAKE THE BATTER

Place a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 375 degrees.

Spray a 10inch Bundt pan with cooking spray.

In a bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. In another bowl, whisk together coconut milk, vinegar and extracts.

Using an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in egg. Beat in flour mixture and then coconut milk mixture until smooth. Pour into prepared pan and

smooth the top.

MAKE THE CUSTARD

Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Hold a soup spoon upside down over the cake batter in pan and gently pour custard over the back of the spoon so it lands gently on cake batter without disturbing it.

Set Bundt pan in a large roasting pan and place in oven on the center rack. Pour enough very hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of Bundt pan. As cake bakes, custard will sink to

bottom of pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Transfer Bundt pan to a wire rack to cool completely, at least 2 hours.  To serve, place a plate or platter upside down over the Bundt pan and invert.

 

National Weather Service Gray ME

3:31 AM EST Wed Feb 1 2023

DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

An arctic cold front will cross the region Thursday night and drive temperatures steadily downward through Saturday morning. The bitter cold combined with gusty winds will likely lead to widespread

dangerously cold wind chills beginning as early as Thursday night in the mountains and Friday afternoon to the south. The exact timing and magnitude of the worst cold may continue to fluctuate slightly

over the next couple of days, but at least a portion if not all of the watch area is expected to see dangerously cold wind chills.

 

WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills likely. Wind chills as low as

30 below zero possible.

* WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest, and western Maine.

Portions of central, northern, and southern New Hampshire.

* WHEN...From Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Wind chill values may fall to extremely dangerous levels.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this

situation.

Keep pets indoors as much as possible.

Make frequent checks on older family, friends, and neighbors. Ensure

portable heaters are used correctly. Do not use generators or grills

inside.

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Legro