#MEwx Rain, clouds and Scrambled French Toast

Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox  beat the Texas Rangers last night 10-3. We’re 83 and 75.

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

This morning it’s partly sunny, turning mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s with light and variable

Tonight we’ll have mostly cloudy skies with showers this evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows around 50. West winds around 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 57.4°F, the humidity is 99% and the Dew Point is 57.2°F.

The wind direction is Southwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 29.72, the Absolute pressure is 29.52 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with mostly cloudy skies to 200 ft / 60 m and mostly cloudy skies to 11,000 ft / 3,352 m.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:28 AM Sunset is 6:29 PM, Moonrise is 3:23 AM, moonset is 5:48 PM and the moon phase is Waning Crescent.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 261153Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR BKN002 BKN110 11/11 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP088 T01110111 10117 20089 56006

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

Why not scramble some French Toast for breakfast?

SCRAMBLED FRENCH TOAST

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

6 cups cubed day-old bread (1/2 inch cubes)

1 ½-2 tablespoons butter

¼ cup sugar (or to taste)

In a large bowl, beat eggs.  Add milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Add bread cubes and toss; let stand for 5 minutes.  Melt butter in a large skillet.  Add bread cubes and stir until cooked and browned.  Gradually add sugar; stir to coat evenly.  Cook until all sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes.

3-4 servings.  1 serving = 1 cup, about 305 calories, 11 g fat, 127 mg cholesterol, 387 mg sodium.