214 DIRECTION Ol" WIXD IN LOCAL STORMS. 



in all directions, b;it in usual form and not of imusual se- 

 verity. September Sth. a similar storm came directly 

 under ni}- observation in the northern part of Lunen- 

 l)ui-^h. Though of great violence one mile north ofm\' 

 place I was enjoying sunshine. As in other cases it 

 seemed to form overhead ami remain stationary. The 

 weather being as before described. No ^perceptible winti, 

 but the vane pointing south-west. At the first formation of 

 the cloud the wind set towards it in a steady breeze, then 

 from it, cool and gusty. In the area of the storm the rain 

 and hail tell in torrents : the darkness was almost like 

 that of night. 



Having been led by former observations to know what 

 I might exjoect, I was on the ground almost as soon as 

 the rain ceased. I found fifty rods within the storm the 

 roads washed out so to be impassible, and leaving my 

 horse I walked where water would permit. The apples and 

 most of the leaves were knocked oft' the apple trees by the 

 hail-stones, though they were not large. Grain not harvest- 

 ed was S2:)oiled. Ligtning struck but once within the area 

 of the storm though the flashes were described as inces- 

 sant. Everything showed a great fall of water, though it 

 was nowhere measured. Around the skirts of the storm the 

 wind was cool, and outward blowing quite a gale for sev- 

 eral miles. A portion of the storm cloud passed oft' to 

 the south-west showering moderately. 



These of course are marked instances, yet many have 

 noticed a tendency to, first an inward, and then an out- 

 ward wind, in hard showers, while those passing rapidly 

 over the country, as the saying is, pass against the wind. 

 It however shifts a few minutes before the rain-fall. Af- 

 ter a shower has passed, it frequently leaves a delight- 

 fully cool breeze blowing from it. At the sides of the 

 showers however the wind is fitful and sfustv, seldom 



