#MEwx Sun, clouds, lowering temps and Holiday cranberry spiced tea
I've put up an Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view real time weather readings from this location online here.
This morning we have partly sunny skies becoming mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s with West winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 35 mph.
Tonight we'll have mostly clear conditions with lows in the mid 20s. Winds will be West 10 to 15 mph gusting to 30 mph in the evening.
We've received 1.25 inches of rain here for this rain event.
The wind is Southwest between 4.5 MPH and 11.6 MPH.
The Relative pressure is 29.57, the Absolute pressure is 29.37 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and clouds.
The outdoor temperature is 32.7°F, the dew point is 17.9°F, the wind chill is 26.7°F and the humidity is 55%.
Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with mostly cloudy skies.
The UV index is 0 placing the average person at no risk, the solar radiation reading is 34.1W/m2, the moon phase is waxing gibbous and is 60.3% illuminated. Sunrise is 6:56 AM, sunset is 4:03 PM, moonrise is 1:02 PM, Moonset is 12:47 AM and we'll have 9 hours 6 minutes of daylight today.
The moon is waxing gibbous, our next Full Moon is on December 7 (Cold Moon), with our next new moon being on December 23.
Okay folks, it's officially December now, so time for those holiday concoctions you don't eat or drink the rest of the year.
Oh yes, about dieting – give up. You can go back to trying to fit into those old jeans on January 2 of next year. Just wear the jogging pants.
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
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