Sun, cold and a Holiday Mocha-spiced coffee recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have increasing clouds with a high of 46ºF. We'll have North winds from 0 to 5 MPH becoming calm by this evening.

Tonight we'll have mostly cloudy skies with a low of 31ºF. Wind will remain calm, picking up to 5 MPH after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 70%, the Dew Point is 25.2ºF and the outdoor temp is 34.0ºF.

The wind direction is  North between 0.3 MPH and 1.0 MPH, with a wind chill of 33.8ºF.

The Relative pressure is 30.06, the Absolute pressure is 29.85 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:24 a.m. Sunset is 4:20 P.M. Moon rise is 7:43 p.m., Moon set is 10:01 a.m., and the moon phase is Waning Gibbous being  93% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta's airport are:

METAR KAUG 071153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/M03 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP233 70024 T00061033

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies.

We received 0.27 inches of rain over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today's Solar flux is 70, the solar wind speed is 427 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

This special Holiday coffee brew is always in high demand around our house during the Holidays, so I'm posting it here this morning, but will post it again as Xmas grows closer.  It's very tasty and you'll find it's popular with guests when it's cold outside.

Holiday MOCHA-SPICED COFFEE

½ cup ground coffee (like a French Roast, unflavored)

1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp ground nutmeg

5 cups water

1 cup fat-free milk

¼ cup packed brown sugar

⅓ cup chocolate syrup (like Hershey's)

1 tsp vanilla

Whipped cream (optional, but why wouldn't you?)

1.         Place first 3 ingredients in a coffee filter or filter basket of a coffeemaker.  Add 5 cups water to coffeemaker, brew according to manufacturer's instructions.

2.         Combine milk, sugar, and syrup in a heavy saucepan.  Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves.  Stir in brewed coffee and vanilla.  Serve immediately with whipped cream. 

6 servings, 1 cup each.