MARCH, 1911 continued. 

 March 9th, 1911 continued. 



8 a.m. The Stratus is evidently of the nature of a high-level mist, the bottom of which reaches 

 the 1,000 feet level at Cape Adare. The sun has been showing through it for half an hour, 

 but up to now not with sufficient force to make any impression on the Sunshine Recorder. 

 The cloud is becoming thinner, towards the zenith, but is still very thick towards the 

 Northern horizon. Detached Cumulus forms a lower layer towards the S. A southerly 

 breeze of force 1 to 2 blows for gusts of 1 or 2 minutes, but there has only been 1 mile of 

 wind in the last 2 hours. 



10a.m. No change in the weather. The sun has shown continuously since 8 a.m., but has 

 left no mark on the Sunshine Recorder. 



12 noon. The cloud haze has, during the last 2 hours, been descending, as shown by the 

 indistinctness of outline of Cape Adare, and has now reached sea-level, and flakes of snow 

 are falling. The flakes are made up of closely interlocked immature crystals resembling 

 very much Type Al of the photographs. 



4 p.m. No change except the formation of low Stratus on the mountains to the S.W. Between 

 2 and 4 o'clock no snow fell, but now a few crystals are again falling. 



9.30 p.m. No change. Snow has been falling for some time, but I should say that the total 

 fall for the day is not more than j inch. The horizon is much limited by the snow and 

 Cape Adare is indistinct. The clouds are, if anything, denser and there is a Southerly 

 breeze of force 1 blowing. 



March 10th, 1911. 



6.30 a.m. Heavy snow falling, so thick that Cape Adare is hardly distinguishable. Between 

 2| and 3 inches of snow have fallen during the night. The snow mostly appears to be 

 formed of granular aggregations of needles, but crystals of Type, Al are common, as also 

 are six-rayed stars with a bulbous centre. 



The barometer has fallen steadily during the night. The temperature remains 

 constant. 



8 a.m. Snow heavier still and consisting of large flakes of three or four dozen interlocked 

 crystals of very perfect shape. I have examined a good many flakes this morning and 

 have been able to make certain of three types. 



Plain six-rayed stars, either of clear ice, or with a good deal of granular snow attached 

 to the rays. (Fll 9). 



(2) Complicated six-rayed stars with branches given off at acute angles to the rays 

 in one plane. (Fll 10). 



(3) A very common type of crystal is a dumbbell-shaped one consisting of two six-rayed 

 stars of Type Fll 9 at either end of a thick stalk. 



A slight Northerly wind is blowing, and we rather fear it may be the indraught before 

 a blizzard. Guide ropes have been fitted to the hut to which the Anemometer is attached 

 and to the Meteorological Screen. 



10 a.m. Snow still heavy but the flakes are smaller and consist mostly of immature crystals 

 in the form of spikes and granules. Many single crystals of the Types Fll 9 and Fll 10 

 are falling. 



Wind from the N. is very gusty, ranging in force from force 1 to force 4. Cape Adare 

 has been blotted out by snow for most of the time but is now showing. All the time that 

 I have been out the snow appears to be thicker to the N.W. and W., than to the N. and S. 



It is worth noting that although the sun was shining most of yesterday, it was always 

 too weak to leave a record. 



12 noon. Snow heavier but changed in character. All the grains and crystals are small 

 and single, not exceeding |- inch in diameter. 



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