REMARKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 127 
SEPTEMBER. 
t sun’s rays project a pretty distinct shadow. 25. Nearly as before: haze more above horizon: 
- 4 h- ah Marge cirro-cumuli; a few patches of sky. 5". Haze: linear cirri: cumuli. 
— 16 20—17 5. 20%, Cumulior scud: cumuli and cirro-cumuli to E., lying like islands in the ocean: haze on horizon. 
23%. Linear cirri generally becoming haze: scud moving rapidly : cumuli on horizon : the sky has 
a troubled appearance. 2". Scud: light rain. 5. Loose cumuli and cirro-cumuli from S by W.: 
cumulous scud, sailing low from W by S., and three times quicker than the clouds above ; it is rather 
curious that the highest clouds move in the same direction as the wind on the surface, while the 
lower clouds are from W by S.; these motions are most evident, as the clouds are considerably 
detached. 
18 20—19 5. 20%—23". Scud. 2". Loose cumuli; the current from NNW. just disappeared, the upper 
current from WSW. 55. Cumuli and loose cirro-cumuli from SSE. 
19 20—20 5. 205. Linear cirri to NE. : cirro-cumuli to W.: cumuliand scud to S. 235. Cumuli on horizon : 
cirrous haze on E. horizon. 2". Loose-edged cumuli: cirrous haze to E.: wind rising. 5®. De- 
tached cumuli moving slowly : linear cirri to NE. ? 
20 19—20 23. 19%. A homogeneous mass of clouds: light mist. 205. Asat 19": heavy mist: rain at 20 30™. 
215. Clouds homogeneous: smart shower. 22". Scud; some patches moving very slowly from 
about N., some seen to S. moving nearly from W.: light rain. 23. Rain clouds: scud rising 
from about E. and N.: sky on E, and 8. horizon: black to N.: smart shower: the sun shining 
through thin cirrous clouds: the rain clouds are not observed to move: the scud only appears to 
move from between N. and E. 
21 O—21 23. 05. Low detached patches of scud rather quickly from NNW. : large cirro-cumuli to N., very 
slowly from about W.: cirrous clouds highest, and apparently stationary : cumuli on EK. and N. 
horizon : the scud has two motions, the upper current from N., the lower from WNW., so that it 
has the appearance of foam on a whirlpool ; in a few minutes some patches are moving from NNE. ; 
these are the principal motions, but some patches are seen moving from SSE., and at 0" 15™ some 
remain stationary. 15. Cumuli and scud, the latter from NNE., 8.W., and WNW., the same 
eddying of the currents as at 0"; they sometimes stop about the zenith and change their course ; 
the lowest and most powerful current is from NNE. 2". Loose and other cumuli from about NE. : 
cumulo-strati on horizon. 3". Scud from S. and from N., but changing the direction every few 
minutes : cumuli round horizon ; the principal motion is from S.; sometimes the upper clouds are 
from S., sometimes the lower; they are sometimes from E.: linear cirri to SW.: flame cirri 
highest, radiating and moving from S.toN. 4". Scud from N by E. and from NE. : cirro-cumuli 
above, very slowly from S. 55. Loose cirro-cumuli from NW.., better defined and stationary above ; 
some moving from SSE. slowly : cumuli round horizon, which to N. are gray and watery-looking. 
64, Seud and large loose cirro-cumuli ; the motions are so small, that it is impossible to determine 
them : cumuli round horizon. 6° 30™. Thin scud from NW.: thunder heard to S. 7". Cirro- 
cumuli in zenith: scud on horizon, motion very small, apparently from NE. 8". Principally cirro- 
cumuli. 9, Cirro-cumuli to E.: heavy cumuli to W.: clear on S. horizon. 10%. Cirro-cumuli 
in zenith : cumuli on horizon: black to SW. 11%—16®. Scud and loose cirro-cumuli : cumuli on 
NE. horizon at 15", 175. Large cirro-cumuli and cumuli. 18, Scud: cirrous haze above. 
19—20, Scud from NE. lowest, the highest from SSE. : several patches of sky seen, but covered 
with thin cirrous haze. 21". Principally cirrous haze: the sky has a film of linear cirri over it : 
a few patches of scud quickly from N. and very low. 22%. Scud. 28". Heavy clouds on horizon : 
clouds breaking up. 
22 O—22 10. 0%. Heavy clouds on horizon: clouds breaking. 1°—2. Principally cirrous haze: scud from 
.. N.: the sun’s rays project a faint shadow. 34. Cirrous haze: scud and cumuli: a few drops 
of rain at 4", 5%—6. Rain. 7". Scud: light showers. 85. Ceased raining. 9. Smart 
, shower. 105. Heavy rain. 
22 20—23 5. 205. Scud: occasionally drops of rain: patches of sky. 235. Loose cumuli and scud, the scud 
4 lowest and quickest. 2", Scud: cumuli: cirrous-like clouds highest. 5%. As at 23", 
23 20—24 5. Scud. 205. Moderately heavy rain. 23%. Heavy rain. 2. Breaking : wind just risen : occa- 
é sional peeps of sky. 55. Large cirro-cumuli seen above the scud. 
_ 26 20—26 5. 204. Thin seud, which scarcely obscures the sky and the higher clouds: light rain. 234—9h, 
Scud: dense fine rain (Scotch mist). 5°. Scud: like buttermilk to N.: gray cumuli on N. horizon, 
: moving along towards W. 
26 20—27 5. 20, Scud and loose cumuli moving very slowly: sky to NW.: nimbi to E, 234. Loose 
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