OBSERVATIONS, NOVEMBER 17—23. 1843. 
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SPECIES OF CLOUDS, &c. 
Observer’s 
Initial. 
h. 
0. Scud +— dense cirro-stratus ; light drizzle. 
9. Id. + fine feathers of beautifully mottled cirri pointing NNE.; cumuli and cirrous haze to E. 
4, Masses of loose-edged cumuli. 
6. Scud to W.; patches of cirri. 
8. Cirrous scud. 
10. Cirro-strati. 
18. Quite clear. 
20. Loose scud; light showers. 
22. Id. : diffuse cirri +~ nimbi to S. with fine cirrous crowns; cirro-strati to E. 
0. Nearly as at 22"; cumuli to E. 
2. Cirrous-crowned nimbi and scud, masses of woolly and diffuse cirri. 
4, Cumuli; nimbi and diffuse cirri on horizon. 
6. Thin scud ; cumuli on horizon. 
8. A patch of seud to NW.; passing showers and masses of nimbi. 
10. Cirrous scud ? 
. Very dark ; a few drops of rain. 
. Scud; light rain. 
Id. ; id. 
. Id. + homogeneous above; light rain. 
. Lines of patches of loose scud : woolly cirro-cumuli and cirri + loose cumuli to S. 
. Cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati and cirrous haze to E. 
. Scud to SW. 
. Seud. 
Id. 
Id. 
. Scud and nimbi; passing showers. 
. Masses of scud and loose cumuli: fine cirro-cumuli + cirro-strati on horizon ; cumuli on Cheviot. 
|. Linear cirri and patches of cirro-cumuli + thick cirrous haze and diffuse cirro-strati; masses of loose cumuli to NW. ' 
. Thick, woolly, and diffuse cirri and cirrous haze + mass of scud to NW.; cirro-strati on horizon. 
. Thick, dense, cirro-cumulous mass, like a semifluid. 
. Light rain. 
. Rain; very dark. 
. Light rain; the wind feels very warm. 
Scud. 
Id.; slight drizzle. 
. Loose scud + large cirro-cumuli to §.; slight shower. {much. 
. Scud and loose cumuli. At 234 10™ the wind had shifted to WNW. blowing from 4 lbs. to 7 lbs., varying 
. Scud, loose cumuli, 
nld., id. 
6. Cirro-strati on horizon. 
8. Thin scud. 
. Sheets of cirrous scud ? to E. and §. 
. Woolly cirro-cumuli: woolly cirri. 
. Woolly cirri and cirro-cumuli +~ cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 
0. Cirrous scud, woolly cirri, and cirro-cumuli, all moving very slowly. 
2. Masses of scud + thick cirrous mass. 
4, Dense cirrous mass. 
F Id. 
. Clearing off from SW. 
. Clouds to E. 
MAG. AND MET. oss. 1843. 
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