Warm, rain moving in this afternoon and a quick and easy chocolate cake recipe

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have clouds with an 80% chance for occasional rain this afternoon. High around 70°F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we'll have clouds and a 60% chance of rain showers. Low 54°F. Winds light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 62%, the Dew Point is  52.0°F and the outdoor temp is 65.5°F.

The wind direction is   North Northwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.2 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.76, the Absolute pressure is 29.55 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:27 a.m. Sunset is 7:45 p.m., Moonrise is 11:18 p.m., Moonset is 8:01 a.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous being 89% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta's airport are:

METAR KAUG 030953Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM FEW055 19/10 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP120 T01940100Thursday

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with Clouds to 5,500 ft / 1,676 m.

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

Space weather for today is:

Today's Solar flux is 68, the solar wind speed is 349 Kilometers per second and

There is a 1% chance for a Solar Storm.

How about a good old fashioned chocolate cake for dessert?

QUICK AND EASY MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE

2 ½ cups flour

2 cups sugar

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

⅔ cup cocoa

⅔ cup salad oil

2 cups water

2 tsp. vinegar

2 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

1.         Sift dry ingredients into bowl.

2.         Add liquid ingredients; mix well.  Batter will be thin.

3.         Pour into two greased round cake pans, or one 13"x9" pan; bake about 30-35 minutes

4.         For an angel food cake pan bake about 55 minutes.  Check with toothpick or cake tester.