Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox beat the Blue Jays last night 10-8. We are now at 51 and 43.

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

This morning we have mostly sunny skies with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds, becoming south around 10 mph later this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 10 mph this evening, becoming light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 68°F, the humidity is 71% and the Dew Point is 58.3°F.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.1 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.99, the Absolute pressure is 29.79 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with hot, clear and sunny skies.

The UV rating is 2 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:09 AM, Sunset is 8:20 PM, Moonrise is 8:24 PM, Moonset is 4:44 AM and we have a full moon tonight..

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

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 160953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01670139 $

How about a delicious Peach Crumb Pie?

PEACH CRUMB PIE

Serves: 8

1 unbaked 9-inch piecrust

2 16 oz. can peaches, packed in fruit juice, drained and 1 cup liquid reserved

¼ cup water

1 (4-serving) package sugar-free vanilla cook-and-serve pudding mix

1 (4-serving) package sugar-free lemon gelatin

¾ cup Bisquick reduced fat baking mix

2 tbsp. Splenda

2 tsp. light margarine

1 tbsp. chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Place piecrust in a 9-inch pie plate and flute edges.
In a large saucepan, combine 1 cup peach liquid, ¼ cup water, vanilla dry pudding mix, and dry lemon gelatin. Mix well to combine.
Coarsely chop peaches. Stir peaches into pudding mixture.
Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and starts to boil, stirring often. Spoon hot peach mixture into piecrust.
In a medium bowl, combine ¾ cup baking mix, 2 tbsp. Splenda, and 2 tsp. light margarine. Mix well using a fork until mixture becomes crumbly. Stir in 1 tbsp. pecans. Evenly sprinkle crumb mixture over peach filling
Bake 50-55 minutes.
Place pie plate on a wire rack and allow to cool completely. Cut into 8 servings.

Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fruit, 1 fat

Calories: 216; fat: 8 g; protein: 2 g; carbohydrate: 34g; sodium: 260 mg; calcium: 12 mg; fiber: 2 g

Augusta, Maine Weather