#MEwx Sunny, slightly warmer and 2 outrageously expensive desserts for your Valentine

Good morning Augusta

Happy Valentines Day to one and all. The roads should be clear enough for you to take your sweetheart out for lunch or dinner.

This morning we have mostly sunny skies with highs in the lower 30s. West winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies, then partly cloudy with a chance of snow after midnight. Lows around 17°F. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Wind Chill is 13.3°F, Dew Point is 11.7°F, the humidity is 65%, and the outdoor temp is 216°F.

The wind direction is South Southwest between 5.6 MPH and 7.9 MPH.

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

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:40 A.M., Sunset is 5:06 P.M., Moonrise is 11:48 A.M., Moonset is 2:04 A.M. and the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous.

Augusta’s RAW METAR readings are:

METAR KAUG 141153Z AUTO 27005KT 10SM CLR M06/M09 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP066 70005 T10611094 11044 21072 51026

We received a snow total of 12 inches for yesterdays storm. The news says we got 7 inches, but I’m here to tell you, as the guy who was outside to shovel it, they’re wrong.

Below are two of the most outrageously expensive desserts I’ve been able to find online for your true love Valentine. Wow, if you can afford either of these, what are you doing in Augusta?

Golden Opulence Sundae $1,000:

Made of the best of the best, the Golden Opulence Sundae, provided by New York City restaurant Serendipity 3, will add $1000 to your bill. The sundae was created in order to celebrate Serendipity’s 50th Anniversary- otherwise known as the golden anniversary. The restaurant says that they only sell about one of these sundaes a month, but any sale is better than none, right? Known as the world’s most expensive sundae, the Golden Opulence is made with 5 scoops of Tahitian Vanilla Bean ice cream mixed with Madagascar vanilla and Venezuelan Chuao chocolate and topped off with a leaf covered in 23K edible gold. There are also other ingredients, including gold dragets, Paris candied fruits, marzipan cherries, and truffles. To top it all off, one of the world’s most expensive chocolates (Amedei Porcelana) is drizzled over the top and a Ron Ben-Israel sugar flower is properly placed. On top of the sundae you’ll also find a small glass bowl of Grand Passion Caviar, sweetened with orange, passion fruit, and Armagnac, which gives off a shiny golden color. You even get to eat the sundae in style: an 18K gold spoon is provided to eat your delicious treat out of a Harcourt crystal goblet.

 

The Brownie Extraordinaire $1,000:

You can try this dessert next time you’re on the East Coast of the U.S.- if you’re willing to dish out $1,000. The Brownie Extraordinaire is sold at Brule, a restaurant in the Tropicana Resort located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. But, this isn’t just any brownie. It’s made out of dark chocolate that is then covered with Italian hazelnuts and served with a scoop of ice cream. Along with the sweet dessert, customers are also given a very rare and highly expensive port wine, Quinta do Novel Nicional, from Portugal. The wine is poured and served in a St. Louis Crystal atomizer. Although a brownie may not seem like a very lavish dessert, adding the rare glass of wine most definitely spices things up. And, if you’re a really big spender, you can choose to spend $15,000 on a Valentine’s Day package at Tropicana Resorts, which includes a hotel stay, romantic dinners, and of course the Brownie Extraordinaire.