, OBSERVATIONS, AuGuUsT 11—17. 1843. 
SPECIES OF CLOUDS, &c. 
h. 
18. A patch of mottled cirrus to NW.; very hazy round horizon ; heavy dew. 
20. Seud + streaks of linear cirri to W.; hazy on horizon. 
22. Patches of clouds near horizon, loose cumuli on S. horizon, cirrous haze to NW. 
0. Patches of scud + linear cirri to NW.; cumuli on N. horizon; cirrous haze round the horizon. 
2. Loose-edged cumuli: woolly cirri. 
4, Mottled, linear, hazy, and diffuse cirri +- ranges of cumuli on horizon. 
_ 6. Scud: cirri, nearly as:before. 
_ 8. Scud, moving very slowly. 
| ‘10. Scud. 
| 18. Loose seud to S.: large cirro-cumuli. 
| 20. Patches of cirro-cumuli. 
| 22. Patches of cirri, moving slowly + cirro-strati and haze near horizon. 
| 0. Small patches of seud, increasing + cirri. 
| 2. Ragged-edged cumuli +~ mottled cirri and cirrous haze. 
| 4. Large cirro-cumuli + cumuli and seud on E. horizon. 
_ 6. Cirro-cumuli + linear cirri and cirrous haze ; a bank of scud and loose eumuli on E. horizon. 
| 8. Varieties of cirri, lying in patches and sheets in all directions + cirro-strati, the edges breaking into cirro- 
| 10. Loose cirro-cumuli + cirrous haze, cirro-strati. (cumuli. 
iq 18. Thin smoky scud +~ dense scud on E. horizon; cirro-cumuli and mottled cirri. 
| 20. Scud. 
0. Scud ; heavy rain since last observation from the lowest scud, just ceased, that current having disappeared ; 
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| 22. Two currents of seud. [cirrous haze. 
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2. Thin smoky scud: cirrous scud : woolly cirri; heavy showers. 
4. id., homogeneous: woolly cirro-cumuli seen at 34 30™. 
| 6. Scud, nearly homogeneous. 
| 8. Id, id. 
10. Homogeneous. 
| 18, Homogeneous, misty. 
20. Td., id. 
22. Id., id. 
5.0. Id., id. 
2. Pinnacle-cumuli to §.; hazy on horizon. The clouds broke up at 15. 
4, Id id. 
6. Patches of clouds to S.; haze on horizon. 
8. Scud and mist came on rapidly about 7+. 
10. Very thick mist. 
18. Thick mist. 
20. Id. 
22. Scud: patches of cirri; the clouds have just broken, the mist clearing off. 
Q, Cauliflower and pinnacle-cumuli round the horizon except to NE.; a few patches of linear and radiated cirri. The vane still points NE, About 
14 the cumuli to the W. began to break in cirrous edges, while patches of scud came up from S. or SW., the temperature having risen to 76° 
at 15 20™; at 15 45™ the sky became nearly covered with scud and nimbi, and rain began to fall; the wind also rose, blowing from WSW3 
the temperature fell to 69°. 
Q. Scud, pinnacle and ragged cumuli and nimbi ; light rain, heavy to NE. 3%, Several peals of thunder from NE. and E., distant. 
4, Cirrous-edged, piled, and cauliflower cumuli, broken into cirrous scud +~ linear cirri and cirrous haze. 
_ 6. Scud: cirro-cumuli + piles of cumuli on horizon in a sort of haze; electric-looking. 
8. Loose and pinnacle-cumuli + linear cirri, cirrous haze round horizon ; light mist falling. 
0, Linear cirri; mist. 
18. Scud + cirro-cumulo-strati to W. and NW.; heavy dew. 
20. Id. 
22. Id. 
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