#MEwx Cold, sun later and a great Holiday Tea Drink for the whole family

Good morning Augusta

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

here.

Today it's going to be mostly cloudy, then clearing. Much colder with highs in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around 10 mph this morning, becoming light and variable.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies during evening, then mostly clear. Lows around 13°F. South winds around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph, becoming west with gusts up

to 30 mph after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 28.9°F, the humidity is 41%, the Dew Point is 8.2°F and our wind chill is 20.3°F.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 3.1 MPH and 4.9 MPH.  

The Relative pressure is 30.12, the Absolute pressure is 29.92, the HPA is 1021 and rising with a weather graphic indicating partial sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast skies to 9,000 ft.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:04 A.M. EST, Sunset is 3:59 P.M. EST, Moonrise is 3:49 P.M. EST, Moonset is 6:14 A.M. EST and the Moon phase is waxing gibbous.

The RAW METAR reading for Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 111053Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM OVC090 M02/M12 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP212 T10171117

We received 0.04  inches of rain/snow melt here over the past 24 hours.

This is a popular Xmas tea drink.

Holiday CRANBERRY SPICED TEA

1 lb. fresh or frozen cranberries

3 quarts cold water

2 cups orange juice

2 ⅛ cups pineapple juice

¼ cup lemon juice

2 cups white sugar (or less; I use 1 ½ cups)

1 (3 inch) cinnamon stick

1 tsp whole cloves

½ tsp whole allspice berries

1.         Place cranberries and water in a large pot.  Bring to a boil and cook just until the berries pop, about 5 minutes.  Remove from the heat and let stand at room temperature until cold, several hours or overnight.

2.         Strain out the cranberries and stir the orange juice, lemon juice and sugar into the liquid.  Add the cinnamon stick, whole cloves and allspice berries.  Bring to a boil.  It is ready to serve at this point, but even better if allowed to sit overnight, refrigerated.

Note:  I usually can't find plain pineapple juice, so I use a bottled orange pineapple juice with the rest of the orange and lemon juices.  As long as the total amount of juice is the same and adjusted to taste, it has worked out nicely