Clouds, a bit cooler and a great Chocolate Truffle cookie recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudiness with a 70% chance of Occasional rain this afternoon. Thunder possible. High 64ºF. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

 Tonight we'll have some cloudiness and a low of 53ºF. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 81%, the dew point is 47ºF and outside it's  52.3ºF.

The wind direction is  South Southwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH, with a heat index of 49ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.54 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:54 a.m. Sunset is 8:22 P.M. Moon rise is 8:19 a.m., Moon set is 5:17 p.m., and the moon phase is a Full Moon being 100% illuminated.

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

METAR KAUG 091053Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM BKN120 11/06 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP061 T01110061

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with mostly cloudy conditions to 12,000 ft / 3,657 m.

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today's Solar flux is 78, the solar wind speed is 313 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Oh this one is one of those "Gotta try" recipes.

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE COOKIES

4 oz. unsweetened chocolate

6 Tblsp. butter

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

½ cup flour

2 Tblsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

¼ tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 ½ tsp. vanilla

Directions

1.         Heat oven to 250⁰.

2.         Chop unsweetened chocolate.

3.         Cut butter into pieces.

4.         Melt together chopped chocolate, butter, and 1 cup chocolate chips in small pan in oven, stiffing occasionally.  Cool.

5.         Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.

6.         Beat sugar and eggs about 2 minutes.  Beat in vanilla.

7.         Stir in chocolate mixture, then flour mixture, and finally the remaining 1 cup chocolate chips.

8.         Cover and chill until firm, at least 1 hour.

9.         Heat oven to 350⁰.

10.       Shape mixture into 1" balls.

11.       Bake on ungreased cookie sheets, 2" apart, until puffed, about 10 minutes.