#MEwx Cold, some sun and Holiday spiced tea for tonight

Good morning Augusta.

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This morning we have partly sunny skies with highs in the upper 20s. Winds are light and variable.

Tonight we'll have mostly clear skies during evening hours, becoming partly cloudy. Lows around 13°F with light and variable winds.

The wind direction is west between 0.2 MPH and 1.0 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.07, the Absolute pressure is 29.87 and steady with a weather graphic indicating sun and clouds.

We didn't receive any measurable snow here over the past 24 hours. 

Our outdoor temperature is 14.4°F, the humidity is  52%, the dew point is -0.9°F and our wind chill is 13.4°F. 

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with sun and clouds.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, the moon is 75.5% illuminated, the moon phase is waning gibbous, sunrise is 7:13 am↑ 123° Southeast, Sunset is 4:04 pm↑ 237° Southwest, Moonrise is 9:25 pm↑ 72° East, Moonset is 10:56 am↑ 291° Northwest and we'll have 8 hours 51

Minutes of daylight today.

 

Make up a few gallons of this for that large gathering you will host tonight.

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