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OBSERVATIONS, AUGUST 18—24. 1843. 157 
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_ 0. Misty cumuli round horizon, broken cirrous masses; very hazy to E. B 
| _ 2. Loose cumuli; very hazy round horizon. B 
(«4 Id. ; milky haze near the horizon. Ww 
6. Cirrous scud ; very hazy near horizon. Ww 
| 8. Cirro-cumulous scud; thick haze. WwW 
| 10. Homogeneous. B 
| 18. Thick fog, apparently no clouds above; heavy dew. WwW 
| 20. Id., id. ; the sun’s disc faintly visible. Ww 
22. Hazy on horizon. B 
| 0, One or two patches of seud + large masses of cumuli to W.; patches of light cirri to S. (halo. || W 
_ 2. Woolly cirri in zenith +- cumuli with cirrous crowns to NW.; patches of cumuli; upper portion ofa solar || B 
| 4. Cirrous-edged cumuli + hazy on horizon. WwW 
| 6. Patches of clouds; cumuli to SE.; haze on horizon. WwW 
8. A mass of pinnacle-cumuli to S.; cirro-strati to E.; cirrous haze and linear cirri round horizon. B 
10. Cirro-strati to NW. B 
93. A tremendous thunder-storm occurred during the night. The thunder was first heard about 12}, the storm attained its height about 144 
when sometimes three bright flashes were seen in the course of as many seconds, the thunder occasionally rattling in half a second after the 
lightning: thunder was heard till about 174 but distant. This storm was felt all over Scotland, many accidents occurred. 1*411 inch of 
rain has fallen since midnight. 
18. Linear cirri, becoming cirrous haze to E.; cirro-strati to SW. B 
20. A patch of cirrus + cirro-strati and cirrous haze. B 
22. Scud and loose cumuli. Ww 
0. Id. Ww 
2. Id. Ww 
4. Dark scud and cumuli + linear cirri to E. [ance. || W 
6. Scud: woolly cirro-cumuli + rows of cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati; the sky has a very disturbed appear- || B 
8. Cirro-cumulous scud + cirro-cumuli in bluish cirrous haze. WwW 
10. Scud. WwW 
18. Thin smoky scud : cirro-cumulous scud, breaking in some places into the finest cirro-cumuli + fine woolly 
cirro-cumuli and cirri; clouds of all tints from white to blue in frequent alternation. B 
20. Scud + a homogeneous mass; rain. B 
(22, Id. + id. id. W 
=O. Id. id. id. w 
Ba sid. id. id. Ww 
4, Id.: cirro-cumulous seud ; cirrous haze. Ww 
_ 6. Dark, heavy scud to N.: cirro-cumuli and patches of cirri + cumuli on §. horizon; raining to N. WwW 
8. Id., black cumuli and a dark mass of cirrous-edged cloud + cirro-stratus and haze on E. horizon; raining to SE. WwW 
10. Scud. [and here lately. WwW 
18. A range of scud to S. + cirrous-edged cirro-strati to E.; masses of cirri to S. B 
0. Id. id. id. B 
22. Masses of loose and ragged cumuli: sheets of mottled cirri, cirro-cumuli, and cirro-strati. WwW 
0. Cumuli and cirrous-edged scud + cirro-strati on E. horizon ; a shower lately. Ww 
2. Masses of cumuli. Ww 
A. + patches of cirri to W. WwW 
6. Id. + cirrous haze to S. B 
8. Scud and cumuli on N. horizon; cirro-strati and haze on SE. horizon. WwW 
10. Clouds on W. horizon. Ww 
; [dew. 
18. Thick fog + fine cirro-cumuli, linear cirri and cirrous haze to E., the sun’s image well defined in it; heavy B 
20. Smoky scud + large cirro-cumuli to W.; cirrous haze to E. B 
22. A bank of cirrous haze to E.; patches of cumuli near the horizon. WwW 
0. Loose detached cumuli + cirrous haze on E. horizon, Ww 
_ 2. Loose cumuli and scud + cirro-strati to S.; black to SE.; cirrous haze to E. Ww 
4. Loose-edged cumuli and cirrous scud. Ww 
MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2R 
