Clear, slightly cooler and another seasonal pie recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have a mix of sun and clouds with a high near 75ºF. Winds are from the NNE at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with a low of 52 ºF. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 72%, the Dew Point is 62ºF and the outdoor temp is 62.6ºF.

The wind direction is  Northeast between 2.9 MPH and 7.3 MPH, with a heat index of 62ºF.

The Relative pressure is 29.87, the Absolute pressure is 29.67 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:25 a.m. Sunset is 6:37 P.M. Moon rise is 7:42 a.m., Moon set is 7:41 p.m., and tonight we have a NEW MOON being 2% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 210953Z AUTO 01011KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP176 T01670117

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies.

We received 0.05 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 75, the solar wind speed is 418 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Since it’s autumn, let’s get away from apples and get into other favorite tasty pies for this time of year. How about a slice of:

PUMPKIN/SQUASH PIE

Serves 8

1 unbaked 9 inch deep-dish pie shell

2 eggs or ½ cup egg substitute

2 cans (16 oz) pumpkin OR squash

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

2/3 cup low fat evaporated milk

½ cup Splenda

Beat eggs lightly in large bowl.  Stir in pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and low fat evaporated milk.  Pour into pie shell.  Cut 2 inch wide strips of foil and cover pie crust edges.   This will keep pie crust from getting too brown.  Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.  Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 50 more minutes or until knife inserted in center come out clean.  Cool.