The Joys of Breakfast

Challah French Toast with Roasted Apricots and Honey-Vanilla Creme Fraiche a fancy name for a fancy breakfast with bacon.  The sun was shining right above us as we all enjoyed this delicious treat outside.  Yes, I love to brag every once in a while. And, guess what... I have the privilege of tasting everything on the blog pastryprose.blogspot.com.

With food aside, the weather in the Northwest; or shall I write, 'up and down the west coast' is still stuck in a lull.  Californians are experiencing morning clouds and afternoon sun... they call it June gloom.  We on the other hand are experiencing mostly cloudy skies, dry, with a few spot showers, and partial clearing in the afternoon sometimes. What would they call that? My best guess would be.. Winter.

 The June 1st post touching upon the the below normal temperatures is holding true with temperatures running a few degrees below our normal of 69 degrees F for the next couple of days.  The bite for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday... a strong push of marine air each day may squeeze out some showers along with cloudy skies, and if the layer isn't too thick we'll see a little sun in the afternoon.

Update 12:45pm
We have some sun in spots and rain in a few locations right now and drizzle or light rain all around Western Washington this morning.  This means two things.  Our air is super moist and with the sun we have the potential of warming up the air near the surface.  These two main ingredients causes instability and rain showers.  Warm air near the ground wants to rise and cool off and when that happens convective clouds form.  With super moist air the cloud is concentrated enough for rain showers to fall. So don't be surprised if you are caught under one.  On a side note the familiar Puget Sound Convergence Zone has a chance of forming North of Seattle this evening. Where ever it drifts it will drop steady rain.

And, winds.. it is a bit breezy outside with winds gusting to 20 mph in the Central and South Puget Sound areas.  This is because of a pressure gradient where the high pressure wants to go to the lower pressure, kind of like river water and a waterfall.  The higher the water the greater the fall to the lower part of the river.  The difference is about 2 hPa higher at the coast than the Puget Sound right now, translating the breezy winds from the southwest (true west winds are rare in the Puget Sound area because of the massive Olympic Mountains.)