#MEwx hotter, muggier and Strawberries Romanoff for dessert

Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox did not play last night. Tonight they play Tampa at Fenway. We are now 58 and 48.

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

This morning we have some Fog that has mostly burned off, mostly sunny skies and warm with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds. Heat index values in the mid 90s this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with Humid  conditions and lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds. Heat index values in the lower 90s early this evening.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 75.9°F with a heat index of 92.5°F, the humidity is 77% and the Dew Point is 68.2°F.

The wind direction is East Northeast between 0.0 MPH and 0.3 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 29.91, the Absolute pressure is 29.71 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

The UV rating is 2 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:23 AM, Sunset is 8:06 PM, Moonrise is 3:25 AM,  Moonset is 7:10 PM  and the moon phase is  Waning crescent. 

We received 0.26 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 301053Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 21/19 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02110194

Since you can still get some fresh strawberries  at the local berry stand, go get some and make this Strawberries Romanoff for dessert tonight.

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. 

 

Adult version.

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!)