Sun, clouds and slightly cooler with a Coconut Isles recipe.

Good Morning Augusta

This morning it's sunny with a few clouds. High will reach 68ºF. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies early followed by cloudy skies overnight. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 53ºF. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 76%, the dew point is 46.6ºF and outside it's  53.8ºF.

The wind direction is  North Northwest between 2.5 MPH and 4.9 MPH, with a heat index of 54ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.75 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:54 a.m. Sunset is 8:24 P.M. Moon rise is xx:xx p.m., Moon set is 10:34 p.m., and the moon phase is waning gibbous being 79% illuminated.

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

METAR KAUG 150953Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM OVC060 12/07 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01170067

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast to 6,000 ft / 1,828 m. 

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today's Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 440 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

This is a different cookie recipe, try it out.

COCONUT ISLES

½ cup butter

¾ cup brown sugar

¼ cup granulated sugar

1 egg

½ cup sour cream

½ tsp. soda

⅛ tsp salt

2 cups flour

½ cup grated coconut

3 squares unsweetened chocolate melted with

¼ cup hot coffee

 

1.      Cream butter and sugars.

2.      Add chocolate/coffee mixture; mix well.

3.      Add egg; mix well.

4.      Add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream.

5.      Stir in coconut.

6.      Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet.

7.      Bake at 350⁰ for 10-15 minutes.