Cloudy and wet with another deadly chocolate cookie recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have a possible stray shower or thunderstorm early. Morning Clouds will become partly cloudy later in the day. High 81ºF. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we'll have mostly clear skies with a  Low of 56 ºF. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Excellent sleeping weather.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 97%, the Dew Point is 67.3ºF and the outdoor temp is 68.3ºF.

The wind direction is  Southwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.2 MPH, with a heat index of 68ºF.

The Relative pressure is 29.48, the Absolute pressure is 29.27 and steady with a weather graphic indicating some clouds.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:51 a.m. Sunset is 7:30 P.M. Moon rise is 7:47 a.m., Moon set is 8:43 p.m., and the moon phase is waxing crescent being 3% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta's airport are:

SPECI KAUG 230904Z AUTO 20005KT 8SM BKN009 20/19 A2961 RMK AO2 T02000194

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with mostly Cloudy conditions to 900 ft / 274 m.

We received 1.20 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today's Solar flux is 90, the solar wind speed is 486 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

After yesterday's chocolate poundcake recipe, I thought I'd drop back to "pocket" goodies, like more cookies.

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.