Clouds and the rainy remnants of Nate- Beer Brats for baseball playoffs

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have rain with a high of 64ºF. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Rainfall around a half an inch with locally heavy showers.

Tonight we’ll have rain shifting to foggy conditions. Low will reach 60 ºF. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100% with rainfall amounts near a quarter of an inch.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 99%, the Dew Point is 57.7ºF and the outdoor temp is 57.9ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 0.1 MPH and 0.2 MPH, with a wind chill of 57ºF.   

The Relative pressure is 29.89, the Absolute pressure is 29.69 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:46 a.m. Sunset is 6:04 P.M. Moon rise is 9:04 p.m., Moon set is 11:00 p.m., and the moon phase is waning gibbous being 83% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 091053Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 14/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01440144

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with low-hanging overcast skies.

We received 0.26  Inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 76, the solar wind speed is 359 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Since we’re now in the baseball playoffs, it’s time for a recipe (such as it is) that really tastes good, but may not make the health food Nazi’s out there happy. But hey, every single thing you eat needn’t be “good for you.” Right?

Jeff’s Beer Brats

Pick the type of Brats you like, be they cooked or uncooked.

Soak them in a beer of choice, use just enough beer to completely cover them in the pot.  I've used ale's, lagers, miller

lite, etc., whatever I have on hand.  They all have worked well.  It's

really a matter of preference. 

Add some garlic, thyme and basil to this as they soak. 

Let them soak a couple of hours. 

Add a little water, bring to a boil, let them boil 3-4

minutes or so.

This process makes it easier to finish them off on the

grill without completely drying them out.

Important note: you will want to pierce them with a knife or fork when they are on the grill just to prevent that burst of really hot moisture shooting out of it when you take that first bite. No kidding, you can get burned from that.