Warming temps, less wind and Graham Bread

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have mostly sunny skies with a high of 36ºF. Winds NNW 6F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy overnight. Low will be 22ºF. Winds will be light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 65%, the dew point is 4ºF, outside it's -10.4ºC and 13.5ºF.

The wind direction is North Northeast between 1.3 MPH and 2.7 MPH, generating a wind chill of ºF.13.5

The Barometric pressure is 30.53 / HPA 1033.5 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:07 a.m. Sunset is 5:34 P.M. Moon rise is at 11:33 a.m., Moon set is 1:42 p.m. and the moon is in it's First Quarter.   

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

METAR KAUG 061053Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR M14/M21 A3046 RMK AO2 SLP32

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies again today.

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today's Solar flux is 73, the solar wind speed is 588  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

If you've ever tasted graham bread, you'll love this recipe.

GRAHAM NUT BREAD

32 graham crackers (about 2 ¾ cups crumbs)

½ tsp salt

½ cup sugar

½ cup milk

½ cup melted shortening, slightly cooled

1 ½ tsp baking powder

3 eggs

1 cup chopped nuts

Crumble crackers fine; add salt, sugar and baking powder.  Beat eggs, add milk and melted shortening.  Combine with dry ingredients and add nuts.

            Bake at 375⁰ (in loaf pan) for 35-40 minutes.

If I use cinnamon graham crackers, I decrease the amount of sugar slightly.  Greasing the pan isn't necessary, but I usually give it a quick Pam spray anyway.  I check the bread after 30 minutes and every 5-10 minutes after that until the toothpick-in-center comes out clean.