#MEwx Summerlike weather, rain later and a Chocolate Covered Forecast Recipe "Chocolate Cream Poundcake"

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have partly cloudy skies with Thunderstorms developing this afternoon. High near 80°F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

tonight we'll have clouds with occasional showers. Low 49°F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. 

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Dew Point is 63°F, the humidity is 97%, and the outdoor temp is 63.9°F.

The wind direction is West between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.85, the Absolute pressure is 29.64 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies just now, but that's going to change this afternoon.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:47 A.M., Sunset is 6:03 P.M., Moonrise is 8:12 A.M., Moonset is 7:19 P.M. we have a NEW MOON being 2% Illuminated.

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

Another great chocolate-covered weather recipe.

CHOCOLATE CREAM POUNDCAKE

1 cup heavy cream

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 ½ cup all-purpose flour

1 cup sugar

¼ cup unsweetened cocoa

2 tsp. baking powder

¾ tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350

Butter and sugar-dust a 9"x5"x3" loaf pan

1.      In a mixing bowl, beat cream until stiff.

2.      Beat in eggs and vanilla.

3.      Sift remaining ingredients together into cream mixture; stir to blend thoroughly.

4.      Pour batter into the loaf pan.

5.      Bake for 55 minutes or until cake just begins to pull away from edge of pan.

6.      Cool in pan 10 minutes.

7.      Turn out on rack to cool, or slice and serve warm (with ice cream!).

Cake will stay fresh and moist for as long as a week if wrapped in airtight container after thoroughly cooled.

 

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