Clouds, spiratic rain and warm temps -Cream Scones too!

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy skies with a 90% chance for rainy periods. High will reach 63ºF. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with a low of 36 ºF. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 92%, the Dew Point is 57.7ºF and the outdoor temp is 60.1ºF.

The wind direction is  West Southwest between 0.9 MPH and 2.5 MPH, with a wind chill of 60.1ºF.

The Relative pressure is 29.81, the Absolute pressure is 29.61 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:19 a.m. Sunset is 5:25 P.M. Moon rise is 5:35 p.m., Moon set is 6:13 p.m., and the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous being  99% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 031053Z AUTO 19007G15KT 10SM OVC006 15/14 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01500139

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with overcast to 600 ft / 182 m.

We received 0.10 inches of  rain over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 62, the solar wind speed is 361 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

If you like scones, I mean real, fresh, hot and delicious scones, you have to try this recipe!

Cream Scones

2 cups flour

2 tspns baking powder

1 tblspn sugar (2 tspns works well too)

½ tspn salt

4 tblspns butter

2 eggs well beaten (or ½ cup egg substitute)

½ cup cream – half and half works good too

Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Lightly butter a foil covered cookie sheet or use cooking spray to coat it.

Combine all dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl,

Mix in the butter until well distributed.

pour in cream and egg and mix until it reaches the consistancy of meal, then turn out onto a lightly floured wooden board, nead for roughly one minute.

Slowly flatten out to a “round” that is about half an inch thick

Then, cut into 8 pie-like slices.

Place slices on the cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

NOTE: Additive such as ¼ lb of diced crystal ginger candy or 1/5 lb of chocolate chips work quite well with the above mix.

Caution: It is not recommended that you “double” the recipe above to make more than one batch of scones at a time. For some reason, it simply does not come out right. Make the same recipe twice for best results.