Mild, sunny and a scrambled french toast recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have mostly sunny skies with a high of 39ºF. Winds light and variable.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies in the evening with more clouds for later tonight. Low will be around 25ºF. Winds will be light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments in the North field are:

Humidity is 91%, the dew point is 21ºF, outside it’s 1.5ºC and 34.7ºF.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 2.7 MPH and 4.1 MPH, generating a wind chill of 34.7ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.08 / HPA 1018.6 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:08 a.m. Sunset is 4:32 P.M. Moon rise is at 12:25 p.m., Moon set is 11:30 a.m. and the moon phase is in its last quarter.   

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine is:

METAR KAUG 201153Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM OVC028 01/M04 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP169 T00061044 10006 21028 53014

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast conditions to 2,800 ft / 853 m.

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 80, the solar wind speed is 541 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Below is another breakfast recipe that takes some time to prepare, but it is definitely worth it.

SCRAMBLED FRENCH TOAST

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

6 cups cubed day-old bread (1/2 inch cubes)

1 ½-2 tablespoons butter

¼ cup sugar (or to taste)

In a large bowl, beat eggs.  Add milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Add bread cubes and toss; let stand for 5 minutes.  Melt butter in a large skillet.  Add bread cubes and stir until cooked and browned.  Gradually add sugar; stir to coat evenly.  Cook until all sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes.

1 serving = 1 cup, about 305 calories, 11 g fat, 127 mg cholesterol, 387 mg sodium.