JULY, 1 !) 11 continued. 

 July '2inl. 1911 continued. 



8 p.m. Southerly airs. Overcast. Barometer steady. Temperature rising. Fine red sky 

 to N. this morning. Sky cleared very much during the morning, but again became over- 

 cast this afternoon with a haze which thickened to the dull indefinite cloud expanse I am 

 calling Nimbus. Temperature began to rise immediately and is still rising. 



10 p.m. Snow-cloud thickened. Spicular snow falling, | inch already. Glaciers obscured. 

 Barometer steady to falling. Temperature falling slightly. 



July 3rd, 1911. 



4 a.m. Calm. Thick with Nimboid fog. Snow has been falling conthmously since 10 p.m. 

 in very small ice fragments or spicules. About f inch on the meteorological screen, but 

 probably some has blown off. Barometer falling. Temperature rising. 



10 a.m. Calm. Overcast with Nimbus fog. Heavy snow since 4 a.m. Barometer falling. 

 Temperature high and inclined to rise. All land but Cape Adare blotted out. 



3.30 p.m. Snow ceased between 12 noon and 1.30 p.m. 3j inches in all during the storm. 

 The sky is inclined to lighten to the N., and the clouds in their lower portion have 

 aggregated themselves into rays with a focus or apparent focus to the N, Thick to S. 

 Browning reports numerous small plain stars among the snow this morning, and also the 

 presence of flakes of several spicules together. 



I have melted down two columns of the snow in a circular vessel If inches in diameter, 

 and the result is as follows : 



1 column, 3| inches high = - |-oz. of water. 



2 columns, (ii inches high = lj oz. of water. 



10 p.m. Southerly airs. Thick to S., but only a slight haze near the zenith and Strato- 

 cumuliform clouds to the N. Spicular snow falling. It gives the impression of being 

 formed from fragments of ice and would be almost impossible to distinguish from true 

 drift. Barometer steady. Temperature steady and high. All land obscured but Cape 

 j and it is indistinct. 



July 4tk, 1911. 



4 a.m. Southerly airs or calm. Overcast near horizon, but only haze near zenith with stars 

 showing. Snow falling almost entirely as small six-rayed stars with broad rays, more 

 allied to types EC. II 2 and 1 than any other of the pictures we have got. These stars range 

 between ^ inch and 3 - 2 inch in diameter, and are of clear ice \vith no granular snow 

 attached to them. About -|- inch snow in all since last observation. Temperature is 

 falling. Barometer steady and normal. 



10 a.m. Calm. Overcast. Slight spicular snow. Temperature falling. Barometer steady to 

 falling. 



10 p.m. N.W. wind of force 1 to 3. Hazy. Thick to S. with indefinite snow-fog. N.W. 

 wind started about 9 p.m. It was clear this afternoon with light Cirro-cumuliform scud, 

 but again clouded over before dinner. An inch of snow has fallen since last estimation. A 

 halo of 22 degrees, very faint, is to be seen round the moon. 



July 5th, 1911. 



4 a.m. Calm. Clear near the zenith and to the N., but slightly hazy. Thick to S. Glaciers 

 obscured. Slight spicular snow falling. Temperature falling slightly. Barometer steady. 

 At midnight and 2 a.m. the sky was completely obscured with thick Nimbus fog. 



10 a.m. Calm. Overcast. Glaciers obscured. Temperature and barometer steady. 



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