MAY, 1911 continued. 



May 30//> , 1911 continued. 



7 p.m. Calm. Bank of clouds spreading over the sky from the westward. 



N.W. wind about force 5 to 6 blew for a few minutes about 3.30 p.m. 

 Slight southerly gusts this morning carried drift off Cape Adare and the sea-ice to the 

 N. of us. Temperature rose 10 for two or three hours this afternoon, but is again 

 falling. 



Mail 31.s7. 1911. 



12 noon. Calm. Completely overcast. Nimbus spreading outward from Cape Adare. 

 Barometer steady. Temperature rising. 



S p.m. Calm and clear. Clouds dispersed again this afternoon, from the zenith first and then 

 from the horizon. Barometer steady. Temperature risen. 



JUNE, 1911. 



June 1st, 1911. 



2 a.m. ('aim. Clear. Barometer steady. Temperature risen slightly. 

 A little Stratus on the northern horizon. 



10a.m. Calm. Clear. A little Strato-cumulus to N. Temperature and barometer rising. 



8 p.m. All day since 11 a.m. scud and drift have been moving rapidly to the E.S.E. off Cape 

 Adare and Warning and Sir George Newnes Glaciers. Here the weather remained either 

 calm or with slight southerly or north-westerly airs until 5.45 p.m., when a strong southerly 

 breeze set in which has since increased to force 10 or 11. Much drift accompanies the wind 

 and some of this may be falling snow, but it is impossible to be certain with the night as 

 dark as it is. The temperature had jumped 20 and the barometer is falling in steep jerks 

 with steady pauses between. 



June 2nd, 1911. 



2 a.m. Overcast. Slight southerly wind force 5 to 6. Barometer rising slightly and temperature 

 steady and high. 



10a.m. Overcast. Slight southerly wind. Temperature remains high and barometer rising 

 slightly. 



8 p.m. Barometer rising. Temperature higher still. inch snow to-day and last night. 

 All fell as granules or spicules of small size. Wind increasing from the S. 



June 3rd, 1!)11. 



2 a.m. Clear with southerly airs. Dense cloud on Geikie Land. 

 Barometer and temperature steady. 



10 a.m. Calm and clear. Temperature falling. Barometer rising. A little Stratus over 

 Geikie Land. 



10 p.m. Fine clear day. Calm. Barometer steady. Temperature falling. 



Haze over the sky this evening and glazed frost forming on the instruments. Evidently 

 the air has reached saturation point. 



June 4th, 1911. 



2 a.m. Clear but slightly hazy. Barometer steady. Temperature falling slightly. Stratus 



to N. 



10 a.m. Sky clouded over very lightly with fleecy Cirro-cumulus. Dense bank of Stratus 

 on the northern horizon. Southerly airs. Barometer steady. Temperature risen. 



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