JULY, 191 1 continued. 

 July \4th. 1911 continued. 



A possible explanation would be a great deal of recent strong wind in the Ross Sea 

 resulting in the pressure of the whole icefield towards the N. Possibly uniform high 

 temperatures in the Ross Sea would aid this result. That can be proved or disproved by 

 reference to the meteorological report from Cape Evans and the Bay of Whales. 



12 midnight. Slight N. wind. Sky becoming overcast. Heavy cloud cap on Cape Ada re. 

 Temperature rising. Barometer steady. 



July 15th, 1911. 



2 a.m. N.W. breeze of force 2 to 4 blowing. Sky clouding over with thick haze, through 

 which the moon shines dimly. Snow fog on Cape Adare so thick that the Cape is indistinct 

 almost to its foot. No snow falling here but heavy glazed frost on instruments and screen. 

 Temperature fallen slightly, Glaciers blotted out by fog. Still clear near the zenith. 



4 a.m. Calm. Overcast. Moon showing dimly through Nimbus haze. Glaciers obscured. 

 Temperature falling. Barometer rising slowly. 



10 a.m. Calm. Cloudy. Thick to the S. Glaciers obscured. Temperature fallen. Baro- 

 meter rising. 



10 p.m. A thick cloud formed to the N. and S. at noon, and between then and 2 p.m. the sky 

 became completely overcast with thick snow-cloud and granular snow began to fall. During 

 the whole day southerly airs of calm weather have prevailed and snow has continued falling 

 until now. 



About inch in all, never strong. The barometer rose slowly to 6 p.m. and then 

 remained steady. Temperature has risen 14 F. 



12 midnight. Calm. A slight break in the clouds to the eastward. The moon shows dimly 

 through the snow-cloud. Slight granular snow continues to fall. 



July l&h, 1911. 

 2 a.m. Clearing from the zenith. Temperature falling. Still slight granular snow. 



4 a.m. Calm. Cloudy. Temperature steady. Barometer steady to falling. 



Brilliant, prismatic halo round the moon. Moon, white, yellow, orange, brown, purple, 

 violet, blue, green, purple, the whole about twenty times the apparent diameter of the 

 moon. Still thick to the S. 



10 a.m. Southerly airs. Overcast. Temperature risen. Barometer falling slightly. 



10 p.m. Southerly airs all day. Overcast or cloudy, with a little snow now and then, but 

 not enough to estimate. Temperature high, oscillating with a tendency to rise. Barometer 

 falling slowly all day but now inclined to rise. 



July nth, 1911. 



4 a.m. Calm. Overcast. Fairly heavy spicular snow falling. Cape Adare blotted out almost 

 entirely. Moon just showing through the Nimbus haze. 



Loud sound of pressure (or wind) to the S. of us. Certainly one element in the noise 

 I can hear is moving sea ice and that the most prominent one, but there is a suggestion 

 also of the rushing sound the wind makes on Cape Adare. Barometer steady. Temperature 

 high, but falling steadily towards the normal. 



10 a.m. Slight S.E. wind with intermittent drift. Overcast. Slight spicular snow. Tempera- 

 ture risen 4 degrees. Barometer rising a little. 



10 p.m. During the latter part of the day the barometer rose sharply for several hours. Until 

 4 p.m. light southerly winds blew, accompanied at intervals by light spicular snow or a low 

 intermittent drift. 



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