#MEwx Warm, sunny and making Sinful Trufles

Good morning Augusta

The Boston Red Sox didn’t play yesterday, tonight they play Tampa Bay. We are now 32 and 29. 

The Bruins lost to the St. Louis Blues last night 2-1. We’re dow 3-s games.

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

This morning we have patchy fog with sunny skies. Highs will be in the mid 70s with light and variable winds becoming west around 10 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies with Temps in the lower 50s. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 60.3°F, the humidity is 60% and the Dew Point is 46.4°F.

The wind direction is East Northeast between 0.4 MPH and 2.5 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.87, the Absolute pressure is 29.67 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:55 AM, Sunset is 8:20 PM, Moonrise is 9:11 AM,  Moonset is xx:xx PM  and the moon phase is Waxing Crescent.

The RAW METAR readings at the airport in Augusta are:

METAR KAUG 070953Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR 11/08 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T01060078

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

This recipe has booze in it too, so make it and keep the kids away from it.

SINFUL TRUFFLES

(Don't even think about substituting for these ingredients; if you don't like these, make something else!)

3 tablespoons apricot jam (or mango jam)

1½ cups yellow or chocolate cake crumbs

2 tablespoons Irish Cream Liqueur (Bailey's)

2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted

2 oz semisweet chocolate, melted

½ cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

In a medium bowl, mix the jam, cake crumbs, and liqueur.  Mix in the melted chocolate.  Roll batter into 2-inch balls and then roll in chopped walnuts.

Transfer balls to a cookie sheet and refrigerate until set, about 20 minutes.

(Yeah, I know, it’s bad for you. So?)