#MEwx Warming, clouds and melting with a Brownie upside down cake for Valentine's Day prep

Good morning Augusta

We're under a winter weather advisory this morning, it's in the post previous to this one.

This morning we have cloudy skies with areas of fog and patchy freezing drizzle, then patchy drizzle this afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Highs in the mid 30s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight we'll have a chance of rain, drizzle and freezing rain in the evening, then rain, freezing rain with a chance of sleet after midnight. Areas of fog. Little or no

sleet accumulation. Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Near steady temperature in the lower 30s. Light and variable winds. 

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Wind Chill is 27.93°F, Dew Point is 25.3°F, the humidity is 89%, and the outdoor temp is 27.9°F.

The wind direction is North between 2.9 MPH and 4.9 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.13, the Absolute pressure is 29.9 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast skies to 300 ft / 91 m.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:50 A.M., Sunset is 4:56 P.M., Moonrise is 8:24 A.M., Moonset is 7:41 P.M. and the moon phase is waxing crescent.

Augusta's RAW METAR readings are:

METAR KAUG 071153Z AUTO 01003KT 4SM BR OVC003 M03/M03 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP231 60003 70015 I6000 T10281033 11028 21033 53003

We received roughly 3 inches of snow here over the past 24 hours.

If your Valentine likes brownies, try this one.

BROWNIE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Sift together:

1 cup flour

¾ cup sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1 ½ tsp. cocoa

½ tsp. salt

Directions:

Combine and put in ungreased cake tin:

½ cup walnuts

Add ½ cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla

2 Tblsp. shortening

Combine and pour over cake:

½ cup sugar

½ cup brown sugar

3 Tblsp. cocoa

1 cup hot water

Bake ½ hour at 350⁰.