AUGUST, 1911 continued. 

 August 2nd, 1911 continued. 



10 p.m. About noon snow started to fall rather heavily. Sky overcast. 



Barometer continued to fall. At 4 o'clock heavy gusts of wind started accompanied 

 by large clouds of drift. Between 4 and 6 p.m. the barometer fall sharply from 28-472 

 to 28-090, the wind increased to force 10 and 11 with heavy drift and snow and continued 

 to blow until 9.30, when it eased a little with occasional lulls. Temperature has risen 

 to 11 -8 F. It has been impossible to get the dumbbell readings of the Minimum and 

 Terrestrial Radiation thermometers owing to the dumbbells being shaken down. 

 10.30 p.m. barometer rising slowly. Wind easing. (F. V. B.) 



August 3rd, 1911. 



10 a.m. Overcast with a w r ind from the S.S.E. of force 1 accompanied by spicidar snow. 

 Barometer rising slowly. Temperature falling gradually. 



Very thick to the S.E. over the sea ice. During last night's blizzard the drift got 

 inside the thermograph case and lifted the pen clear of the paper, so no reading was recorded. 

 I cleared it this morning. (F. V. B.) 



10 p.m. Barometer has been rising gradually all day. Snow fell lightly until 4 p.m. when 

 it ceased altogether ; during the evening the sky cleared a little to the N.W., and by 8 p.m. 

 all Nimbus clouds except a little over Cape Adare had gone. Temperature falling slowly. 

 During the day a good many sharp reports resembling rifle shots have been heard from the 

 lakes. I had a walk round the icefoot, but last night's blizzard has not affected it much. 



August 4th, 1911. 



10 a.m. Barometer rising slowly. Temperature has risen since 8 a.m. Light airs from the 

 N.E. Overcast with light Nimbus haze clearing to the S. (F. V. B.) 



10 p.m. Barometer falling slowly since 2 p.m. Temperature steady, 14 F. Calm. 



Light Nimbus haze to the S. During the clay large clouds of vapour have been 

 observed moving from the sea ice to the N.W. (F. V. B.) 



August 5th, 1911. 



10 a.m. Barometer and temperature steady. Overcast to S. and S.E. Scud to N. moving 

 from N.N.E. (F. V. B.) 



12 noon. Half a gale from the S.E. blowing off the end of Cape Adare carrying with it a little 

 spicular snow. Wind force 3 to 7. Quite a dense snow-haze forming along the E. side 

 of the cape. (R. E. P.) 



8 p.m. Sky overcast with Nimbus haze. Stars are just visible. Barometer has been falling 



slowly all day. Temperature steady all day. Light N.W. airs. (F. V. B.) 



8 p.m. Light granular snow falling. (F. V. B.) 



August 6th, 1911. 



8 a.m. Dull Nimbus haze. Slight spicular snow falling. Barometer rising. Temperature 

 falling. During last night about J inch of snow fell. 



8 p.m. Barometer rising slowly. Temperature has fallen 7 during the day. Snow fell until 

 noon when the haze cleared and the sun appeared for a quarter of an hour. Calm and 

 clear. 



a.m. Barometer fell slightly. Temperature rose 13. Light westerly airs. Slight 

 spicular snow 7 falling. Overcast with thick Nimbus haze. (F. V. B.) 



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