Sun, clouds, rain and a Spicy Berry Cider recipe!

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Good Morning Augusta

This morning it’s mostly cloudy with a 60% chance for scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. A few storms may be severe. High 79ºF. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have a 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms, becoming clear after midnight. Low near 60ºF. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 81%, the dew point is 59ºF and outside it’s  64.2ºF.

The wind direction is  Southwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.3 MPH, with a heat index of ºF.

The Relative pressure is 29.65, the Absolute pressure is 29.45 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:03 a.m. Sunset is 8:24 P.M. Moon rise is 7:54 p.m., Moon set is 4:43 a.m., and we have a full moon being 100% illuminated.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport this morning is:

METAR KAUG 080953Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 14/13 A2969 RMK AO2 SLP055 T01440133

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear and sunny skies, until the clouds roll in this afternoon. .

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 71, the solar wind speed is 348 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Let’s keep keeping cool!

Spicy berry cider -- Beverage

Makes 7 to 8ouncesor servings. 

Ingredients

4 cups apple cider or apple juice

1 18 ounce can unsweetened pineapple juice

2 cups fresh raspberries or 2 cups frozen slightly sweeten raspberries

1 teaspoon whole applespice

1 teaspoon whole cloves

one whole nutmeg

4 packets equal, or 1 and ¼ teaspoon equal

Directions:

in a lard saucepan combine apple cider or juice, pineapple juice berries and spices; slowly bring mixture to boiling.  Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes.  Remove from heat; strain to remove seeds.  Stir in equal serve in mugs.  Garnish each serving with a cinnamon stick if desired. 

Nutritional information per serving: 127cal.1g pr., 31 g carbo. 0 g fat, mg chol.,

5 mg sodium,

Diabettic food exchanges: 2 fruit

 

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