#MEwx Clouds, rain moving in and how to make your own Brandy Slush.

Good morning Augusta

The Boston Red Sox beat Seattle yesterday afternoon 11-2. We are now 22 and 19!

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

This morning it’s mostly cloudy, becoming partly sunny later. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds around 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have rain with patchy fog. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds around 10 mph, becoming northeast with gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.

 The readings from my weather instruments are:

The outdoor temperature is 49.8°F, the humidity is 61% and the Dew Point is 36.5°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 2.5 MPH and 4.9 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.96, the Absolute pressure is 29.76 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clouds to 12,000 ft / 3,657 m.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:14 A.M., Sunset is 7:56 P.M., Moonrise is 1:47 P.M., Moonset is 2:49 A.M. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

Augusta’s RAW METAR readings are:

METAR KAUG 131053Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM FEW120 07/02 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 T00720022

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

Tuck this one away for those steamy hot days that we all know are coming. Again, adults only, keep the kids away from this stuff.

BRANDY SLUSH

Makes 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.