APRIL, 1911 continued. 

 April 2Wh, 1911- continued. 



10 a.m. Alto-stratus to N. trending N.W. and S.E. Scud forming over Geikie Land and the 

 Western Mountains and driving rapidly from the S. 



Southerly breeze swinging to the W. and increasing a little. 

 Barometer rising and temperature steady. 



4 p.m. Bright opalescent clouds at 2.30 p.m., the colours are greens and pinks. 



At present heavy snow squalls S.W. to W. and N.W. Scud moving up rapidly from 

 S. to join it. Cirro-stratus radiant with raidant point to the S.W. Wind unchanged. 

 Barometer rising. Temperature falling steadily. 



G p.m. Sky almost entirely clouded with snow-cloud in dense cumuliform masses of large 

 individual size. Wind dropped to force 1. Barometer rising. Temperature falling 

 slowly. 



8 p.m. Temperature falling and barometer rising. A few grains of snow falling. Sky almost 

 overcast 



April 21s/, 1911. 



6 a.m. Barometer fallen. Temperature rising slightly. Very little wind but from the S.E. 

 Very thick, the glaciers are blotted out altogether. 



Sky covered with dense snow-cloud in cumuliform masses. inch of snow during the 

 night. Slight snow falling now. 



8 a.m. Granular and spicular snow falling. Calm. Barometer steady. 



Temperature falling slightly. Sky totally obscured by dense snow-cloud. 



10 a.m. Temperature falling. Barometer rising. Clearing from the N. 

 Dense snow-cloud and falling snow still to E.,S. and W. Calm. 



2 p.m. Snow clouds reduced to a local storm round Geikie Land. Barometer rising slightly. 

 Temperature steady. Dense belt of Stratus to the N. Calm. 



4 p.m. Clouds moving rapidly from the N.W. Sky almost overcast. There is still a slight 

 break N. of Geikie Land. Calm, with easterly airs. 

 Temperature falling, barometer steady. 



8 p.m. Calm. Barometer rising. Temperature rising a little. Sky completely overcast 

 with dense snow-cloud. Granular snow falling. 



At 7 p.m. there was a gust of E.S.E. wind of force 4 for a minute or two. 



April 22nd, 1911. 



Calm and overcast with cumuliform Nimbus. Slight snow in very small grains falling. 

 Temperature still below zero. Barometer fallen since last night. 



8 p.m. No change in the weather during the day except slightly more or less overcast. Calm 

 all day or easterly airs. Barometer slowly falling. 

 Temperature risen slightly. 



April 23rd, 1911. 



8 a.m. Calm and bright. Southerly airs. Temperature falling. 



Barometer risen slightly, almost steady. Brilliant prismatic sky to the W. Cirro- 

 cumuliform scud moving from N.W. and banking up to the E. 



6. 30 p.m. Browning reports a very bright halo close round the moon. White near the moon 

 through bluish white to blue. 



10 a.m. Sky cleared completely, except for a few scud-clouds moving from the N.W. The 

 shadow of Cape Adare shows as a triangle of darker sky to the S. and is bounded by a 

 well-defined dark line. Temperature falling. Calm. Barometer rising. 



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