Sun, warm and Strawberries Romanoff

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have sun with a high of 76°F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a low of 53°F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Dew Point is  53.6°F, the humidity is 96%, and the outdoor temp is 54.7°F.

The wind direction is   North Northwest between 0.2 MPH and 0.3 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.08, the Absolute pressure is 29.88 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:56 a.m. Sunset is 8:27 p.m., Moonrise is 7:05 p.m., Moonset is 3:58 a.m. and the moon phase is waxing Gibbous being 97% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 260953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP232 T00890078

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

 We received 0.33 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space weather for today is:

The Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 497 MPH and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Now that Strawberries are ripening, you grown-ups need to give this one a try.  Not to worry, It has a “kid-friendly” way to make it too.

Strawberries Romanoff

(This version for when kids are around)

1 quart fresh whipping cream

2 quarts fresh cleaned and sliced strawberries

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup strawberry Schnapps

1/4 cup white chocolate shavings

First, heat up the Schnapps and reduce to one half cup.  This cooks out the

alcohol and concentrates the flavor.  After it has cooled, add the

strawberry slices and let set a couple of minutes.  Meanwhile, whip up the

cream in a medium bowl with the sugar until you have stiff peaks.  Slowly

fold in the berries and juice then ladle into individual glass serving cups

and top with some white chocolate shavings. 

 

For Adults.

Repeat the above with the following exceptions;

 

Do not cook down the Schnapps, simply warm it up a little. This will retain the natural alcohol content.

Next, soften up a half gallon of French Vanilla ice cream and whip it together with the whipped cream mentioned above in the children’s version. After well- mixed to “stiff peaks”, begin to layer into a large bowl the Strawberry mix on successive layers of ice cream/whipped cream, then sprinkle shaved white and dark chocolate on top.  

 

(this is NOT what one would call a “healthy” dessert. But who cares!)