#MEwx Windy, warm, rain, floods and Spanish Salad

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Good morning Augusta

I have a wireless personal weather station broadcasting live where you can view real time weather readings from it by clicking here.

I’ve posted the High Wind Advisory and Flood Warning  below this post, you should read them so that you know what’s going on out there on the roads.

This morning we have rain and wind with highs in the mid 40s. Winds are blustery from the Southeast 20 to 30 mph gusting to 55 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph gusting to 30 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with lows in the upper 20s. Winds will be Southwest 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph.

The outdoor temperature is 44.8°F, the dewpoint is 44.5°F and the wind chill is 44.8°F.

We’ve received roughly 4 inches of snow and .21 inches of rain here and it’s still blowing and raining out there.

Today’s sunrise is 7:15 AM, sunset is 4:19 PM and we’ll have 9 hours 4 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 6:53 AM and Moonset is 3:01 PM. The moon phase is a NEW MOON and is xx% illuminated. Our next Full Moon is on January 25 and our next new moon will be on January 11.

The wind velocity is between 7.8 MPH and 21.9 MPH from the Northeaast.

The Relative pressure is 28.78, the Absolute pressure is 28.58 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow, rain and overcast.

The Humidity is 99%, the UV index is 0 placing the average person at low risk and the solar radiation reading is 16.3W/m2.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast and some rain still falling.

 

SPANISH SALAD

5 servings, 2 c. each serving

Salad:

2 cups cubed and toasted french bread, or prepared croutons

6 cups torn lettuce

1 cups torn radicchio

1 cups chopped oranges

14 pitted Kalamata olives, halved

 

Vinaigrette:

2 tbsp fresh orange juice

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

1 tbsp capers

2 tsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tsp Dijon mustard

½ tsp sugar

¼ tsp black pepper

1 garlic clove, minced

 

Combine bread/croutons, lettuce, radicchio, oranges, and olives in large bowl.  Combine vinaigrette ingredients in small bowl and whisk well.  Pour over salad and toss well.

Lettuce and radicchio may be replaced with packaged greens, mesclun, or your preference.

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