Warm, muggy and how to make a terriffic Brandy Slush

Good Morning Augusta

This morning it’s partly cloudy with a high of 81ºF. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear to partly cloudy skies with a low around 60ºF. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 71%, the dew point is 58ºF and outside it’s  68.3ºF.

The wind direction is  West Southwest between 0.1 MPH and 2.5 MPH, with a heat index of 70ºF.

The Relative pressure is 29.68, the Absolute pressure is 29.48 and rising with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 2 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:04 a.m. Sunset is 8:24 P.M. Moon rise is 8:38 p.m., Moon set is 5:33 a.m., and we have a full moon being 100% illuminated.

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

METAR KAUG 091053Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM FEW110 19/14 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP092 T01890139

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with   some  clouds to 11,000 ft / 3,342 m. 

We received  0.64 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 71, the solar wind speed is 519 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

How about something cold to drink that’s strictly for adults?

BRANDY SLUSH

32 servings

2 cups boiling Water

4 regular size Tea bags

2 cups Sugar

7 cups Water

2 (12 oz) cans frozen Lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted

2 (12 oz) cans frozen Orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted

2 cups Brandy

Lemon-lime carbonated beverage

Pour 2 cups boiling water over tea bags, cover and steep 5 minutes.  Remove tea bags, squeezing gently. Set tea aside to cool.  Combine sugar and 7 cups water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, and let boil until the sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.  Combine tea, sugar mixture, lemonade concentrate, orange juice concentrate, and brandy in a large freezer proof container, stirring well.  Freeze until firm.  To serve, spoon 1/2 cup mixture into each glass, and add 1/4 cup Lemon-Lime beverage, stir until slushy. Re-freeze remainder of mixture, use as needed.