Clouds, fog, rain and a great dessert recipe for a pack of kids on summer vacation

Good Morning Augusta

This morning it’s cloudy with light rain, then a chance of an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon. High 64ºF. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%.

Tonight we’ll have scattered thunderstorms with some fog developing overnight. Low 52ºF. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 97%, the dew point is 53ºF and outside it’s  53.4ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 0. MPH and 0.1 MPH, with a heat index of 54ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.93 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:58 a.m. Sunset is 8:15 P.M. Moon rise is 11:21 a.m., Moon set is 12:38 p.m., and the moon phase is waxing crescent being 39% illuminated.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport this morning is:

METAR KAUG 311053Z AUTO 18006KT 1/4SM FG VV002 11/11 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01110106 

Visibility is 0.2 Miles / 0.4 Kilometers with clouds above this fog somewhere.

We received 0.22 inches of rain over the past 24 hours, and more is on the way. 

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 531 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Okay, Summer vacation for the kids is now (or will be shortly) a reality.  So, since most kids view chocolate as one of the major food groups,  keep this one in mind when you have the kids, and their friends, and their friends friends, at the house this summer.

VOLCANO CAKE

1 box chocolate cake mix

1 can cherry pie filling

Chocolate cookie crumbs

Chocolate ice cream

Prepare a chocolate cake mix according to the package directions.  Bake in a bundt pan; invert onto serving platter and cool completely. Fill hole in the center of the cake with scoops of ice cream. Top with cherry pie filling (lava) and drizzle down sides of the cake. Sprinkle top of volcano with crushed cookie crumbs.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 132 Calories; 4g Fat (22.8% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 26g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 187mg Sodium. 

Exchanges: 1/2 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.