#MEwx Warm, sunny and Cream SCones

Good morning Augusta

The Boston Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 last night. We are now 32 and 30. 

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

This morning we have sunny skies with Highs in the lower 70s. Winds will be from the Northwest around 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with Lows in the upper 40s. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 60.6°F, the humidity is 49% and the Dew Point is 41.4°F.

The wind direction is North Northeast between 3.1 MPH and 4.9 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.09, the Absolute pressure is 29.89 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

The UV rating is 3 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:55 AM, Sunset is 8:21 PM, Moonrise is 10:24 AM,  Moonset is 12:16 AM  and the moon phase is Waxing Crescent.

The RAW METAR readings at the airport in Augusta are:

METAR KAUG 081153Z AUTO 36010KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP213 T01560056 10156 20111 53021

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

If you need something for visiting guests that you must impress, try these. They’re great.

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.