MAY, 1911 continued. 



Mai/ 16th, 1!11. 



10 a.m. Barometer falling. Temperature rising. W. \vind of force 1. 



Overcast and heavy granular and spicular snow. 



12 noon. E. wind of force 4 to 8. Heavy drift and falling snow. 

 Barometer falling and temperature rising. 



8 p.m. Wind of hurricane force blowing. Little drift and snow ceased. Barometer lowest 

 since arrival. Temperature risen. 



May nth, 1911. 



4 a.m. Wind almost completely died down and only occasional gusts from the S. Barometer 

 risen and temperature the same as last night. 



Sky fairly clear only light Cirro-cumuliform clouds and scud. 



6 a.m. Rather less cloud. Temperature and barometer steady. Wind unchanged. Close 

 halo round the moon. Broad white ring contiguous to moon and then brown ring, deepening 

 to a thin line of dark reddish brown, then outside this a broad green and blue ring. 



8 p.m. Calm and overcast day. What wind there has been has been from the W. and N.W. 

 Slight spicular and granular snow all day. but not more than \ inch in Mo. Barometer 

 risen and temperature steady. 



May Mh, 1911. 



2 a.m. Moon shining through cloud haze. Wind in gusts now from the S. and now from the 

 E. Barometer falling and temperature rising. 



4 a.m. Moon shining through Nimbus cloud haze. Wind steady from W.N.W. bringing 

 spicular and granular snow. 



(i a.m. Gusts of wind from the E.S.E. bringing granular snow. 



11 a.m. About 7 the wind from the E.S.E. set in finally and rapidly increased until now 



blowing with hurricane force. There is a good deal of drift. 



The temperature has risen several degrees and the barometer is falling steeply. 



8 p.m. Wind continued all day with or without slight snow. Overcast all day, but inclined 

 to clear at 8 p.m. Barometer steady after two steep drops separated for an hour or 

 two by a straight line. Temperature high and rising at last observation. 



12 midnight. Wind decreasing. Barometer rising. Temperature rising. Some definition 



in clouds. 



May IMh, 1911. 



8 a.m. Wind decreased until 6.30 a.m., and then began again with some force. 



It is now blowing a strong gale. Barometer steady. Thermometer fallen since last 

 reading. 



8 p.m. The southerly wind has fallen completely. There is a slight draught from the N., 

 bringing heavy spicular and granular snow. Barometer rising steeply and temperature 

 falling. Sky overcast. Although during a considerable part of the day about half of 

 the sky has been free from definite cloud, it has been partially obscured by a haze through 

 which the moon and later the aurora showed as a pale but definite glow. 



May 20th, 1911. 



8 a.m. Barometer falling. Temperature steady. Clear and calm. 



8 p.m. Barometer and temperature steady. Calm and overcast with slight granular snow. 

 ^ inch snow all day. 



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