Warm, partly cloudy and a Blueberry Cream Pie recipe you'll love!

Good Morning Augusta

Today we have sunny to partly cloudy skies with an expected high of 69ºF. Winds are from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we'll have overcast skies with a slight chance of rain showers. Low will drop to 49ºF. Winds will be light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 43%, the dew point is 32ºF and outside it's 53.9ºF.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 2.7 MPH and 4.1 MPH, with a heat index of 55ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.84 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:05 a.m. Sunset is 8:06 P.M. Moon rise is at 2:52 a.m., Moon set is 3:00 p.m., and the moon phase is waning crescent being 25% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta's airport are:

METAR KAUG 211053Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 10/M01 A3040 RMK AO2 SLP296 T01001006

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear conditions.

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today's Solar flux is 74, the solar wind speed is 618 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

If you liked yesterday's cold lemon pie recipe, you'll love this one.  Everybody likes Blueberries, right?

BLUEBERRIES AND CREAM PIE

½ cup plus 1 Tblsp. milk, divided

3 Tblsp. butter

1 egg

¾ cup flour

1 8-oz. package cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix

1 tsp. baking powder

1/8 tsp. salt

2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed

1 8-oz. package cream cheese, room temp

½ cup sugar

Cinnamon sugar for topping

1.      In a large mixing bowl, beat ½ cup milk, butter, and egg. 

2.      Combine flour, pudding mix, baking powder, and salt; stir into egg mixture just until moistened.

3.      Pour into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. 

4.      Arrange blueberries over batter to within ½ inch of edge of plate.

5.      In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and remaining milk until smooth. 

6.      Spread over blueberries to within 1 inch of berry edge.

7.      Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the cream cheese mixture.

8.      Bake at 350⁰ for 30-35 minutes or until set.  Serve warm.  Refrigerate leftovers.

Note: Peaches can be substituted for the blueberries, if you want.