Clouds, cooler and Chocolate Peanut butter crispy bars

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we’ll have an 80% chance of rain, remaining cloudy. Areas of patchy fog. High 63ºF. Winds NE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

Tonight we’ll have clouds that will become partly cloudy after midnight. We have a slight chance of a rain shower. Lows around  47ºF. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 89%, the dew point is 44ºF and outside it’s  47ºF.

The wind direction is  East Northeast between 1.1 MPH and 2.5 MPH, with a heat index of ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.80 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:55 a.m. Sunset is 8:20 P.M. Moon rise is 5:32 a.m., Moon set is 3:35 p.m., and the moon phase is waxing gibbous being 92% illuminated.

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

METAR KAUG 061053Z AUTO 04015G22KT 10SM OVC011 08/05 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142 T00780050

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast to 1,100 ft / 335 m.

We received 0.01 inches of rain over the past 24 hours, but that’s deceptive. We’ve had drizzels that didn’t register because they were so low.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 78, the solar wind speed is 356 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

For today’s post for “Chocolate week” I have:

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER KRISPY BARS (Yum!)

1 cup sugar

1 cup white Karo syrup

1 cup peanut butter

6 cups Rice Krispies

Chocolate chips, butterscotch chips

 

1.      Bring sugar and Karo to a boil.  Remove from heat.

2.      Add peanut butter, mix well, then add Rice Krispies.

3.      Grease 9”x13” pan.

4.      Turn mixture into prepared pan, and pat down to make an even layer.

5.      Melt chocolate chips and butterscotch chips (at least 12 oz., more is okay!).

6.      Spread onto Krispie mixture.

7.      When set, cut into squares.