Clouds, rain and a colonial eggnog recipe with a real kick to it

Good Morning Augusta

This morning this rain will end, and breaks of sun will arrive this afternoon. High near 45 °F. Winds are WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies with a low of 27°F. Winds will be from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 95%, the Dew Point is 39.4ºF and the outdoor temp is 40.6ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 1.1 MPH and 2.9 MPH, with a wind chill of  39.6°F.

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

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:55 a.m. Sunset is 4:01 p.m., Moonrise is 3:04 p.m., Moonset is 4:00 a.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous being 93% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s city airport are:

METAR KAUG 011153Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM SCT005 BKN050 OVC065 04/04 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 60016 70016 T00440039 10061 20044 53013

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with scattered clouds to 500 ft / 152 m, mostly cloudy skies to 5,000 ft / 1,524 m. and overcast to 6,500 ft / 1,981 m.

We received o.18 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 76, the solar wind speed is 463 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

By now you should be sick and tired of leftover turkey recipes, so how about a recipe for a real good belt of eggnog with some kick to it?

Holiday eggnog: According to the web site I visited, this is George Washington’s recipe

“One quart cream

one quart milk

one dozen tablespoons sugar

one pint brandy

½ pint rye whiskey

½ pint Jamaica rum

¼ pint sherry

mix liquor first, then separate yolks and whites of 12 eggs, add sugar to beaten yolks, mix well. Add milk and cream, slowly beating. Beat whites of eggs until stiff and fold slowly into mixture. Let set in cool place for several days. Taste frequently.”

And do NOT drive a car, or truck, or jeep, or snowmobile, or 4-wheeler or… get the point?