#MEwx Hot, still muggy with a chance for rain and "Cookes and Cream Pie"

Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles last night 17-6. We are now 53 and 45.

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

This morning we have partly sunny skies with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Hot with highs in the upper 80s today.

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

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 84.2°F, the humidity is 69% and the Dew Point is 73.0°F.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 1.8 MPH and 6.9 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 29.58, the Absolute pressure is 29.38 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies and somewhat steamy conditions.

The UV rating is 2 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:14 AM, Sunset is 8:15 PM, Moonrise is 10:59 PM,  Moonset is 9:39 AM  and the moon phase is Waning Gibbous. 

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

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 211153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP038 T02780233 10283 20228 50000 $

How about a cool-make pie for the kids?

COOKIES AND CREAM PIE

Makes 8 servings

1 ½ cups cold milk (or ½-cup dry milk powder and 1 ½ cold water)

1 pkg ( 4 serving size) JELL-O Vanilla sugar free Instant Pudding and Pie Filling

1 tub (8 oz) COOL WHIP Free whipped topping, thawed

1 cup chopped OREO chocolate sandwich cookies

1 OREO Pie crust

Pour milk into large bowl.  Add pudding mix.  Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes.  Let stand 5 minutes.  Gently stir in whipped topping and chopped cookies.  Spoon into crust.  Freeze 6 hours or overnight until firm.  Let stand at room temperature or in refrigerator 15 minutes or until pie can be cut easily.  Garnish with additional chocolate sandwich cookies.  Store left over pie in freezer.