#MEwx Rain, cooler weather and Garlic Parmesan bread sticks

Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox beat the Angels yesterday afternoon 4-3. We’re 72 and 62.

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

This morning we have showers with a slight chance for thunderstorms during morning hours, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight we’ll have Cloudy skies with showers and a chance for thunderstorms this evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds around 10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 57.7°F, the humidity is 99% and the Dew Point is 57.6°F.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 30.10, the Absolute pressure is 29.90 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with Clouds to 400 ft / 121 m, mostly cloudy to 4,000 ft / 1,219 m and overcast skies to 6,500 ft / 1,981 m.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:02 AM Sunset is 7:13 PM, Moonrise is 9:48 AM, moonset is 9:25 PM, and the moon phase is waxing crescent.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 021053Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM -RA FEW004 BKN040 OVC065 14/14 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP222 P0004 T01390139 $

We received 0.12 inches of rain here  over the past 24 hours, and it’s a long way from being finished.

How about a week’s worth of bread recipes.

GARLIC PARMESAN BREAD STICKS

Serves:  12

¼ lb. Butter or margarine (1 stick)

1 pkg. skinny breadsticks

1 cup parmesan cheese

garlic salt or a couple of cloves of garlic and garlic press

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
• Melt butter and garlic together. 
• Lay breadsticks on baking sheet or foil.  Pour over ¼ lb. Butter with garlic and roll to coat.  Then roll in 1 cup parmesan cheese, coating each stick well.
• Line another cookie sheet with foil, shiny side up, and arrange breadsticks in a row, not touching.
• Bake 10 minutes @ 350 degree oven.  Watch carefully.  Serve at room temperature as a bread.  May be made ahead and may be frozen.

Exchanges:  ½ lean meat, 1½ fat

Calories:  101; fat:  10 g; protein:  3 g; carbohydrate:  1 g; fiber;  trace; cholesterol:  26 mg; sodium:  206 mg