OBSERVATIONS, DECEMBER 6—12. 1843. 
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SPEcizEs oF CLOUDS, &c. 5 & 
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| 8. Scud: sheets of cirri, crossed at right angles by linear cirri; coloured corona about the moon, first yellowish-white, passing into brown, blue, 
and green successively ; the radius of the outer circle being about 4°. At 8b 15™ a distinct halo of 20° radius. w 
10. Scud + diffuse cirri and cirro-strati ; a few minutes ago there were a lunar halo and coloured corona. Ww 
18. Masses of thin scud : sheets of cirri; a coloured lunar corona ; occasional drops of rain. B 
20. Patches of seud: a thick cirrous mass over most of the sky ; light rain. [slowly B 
22. Small patches of thin seud : cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-cumuli : woolly and diffuse cirri, moving very || W 
0. Seud : thick cirrous clouds. Ww 
2. Id.; light rain. WwW 
4, Two currents of scud. B 
6, Very thick scud. B 
8. Scud ; a few drops of rain. Ww 
10. Id. Ww 
18. Seud + cirri. B 
20. Id. + linear cirri to E. B 
22. Id. + id. N. Ww 
0. Id. + linear and mottled cirri to SE. Ww 
2. Id. + patches of cirri. Ww 
4, Id.: beautifully mottled and reticulated cirri in strata radiating from SSE. and WNW. B 
6. Id.: streak of woolly cirrus. B 
8. Id. + linear cirri and cirrous haze. Ww 
10. Patches of scud + linear cirri, cirro-strati, and cirrous haze; the linear cirri in short lines pointing SSE. and these in strata lying WNW. to ESE. B 
18, Scud + cirrous haze all round the horizon. 184 30™, Scud passing over the Moon produces a coloured corona; yellow, orange, blue, yellowish- 
green, and orange, are the colours from the Moon outwards ; the extreme radius being 6°, B 
20. Cirrous seud. B 
22. Scud : cirrous clouds. Ww 
0. Id. + id. Ww 
2. Masses of scud: cirrous scud and cirrous clouds. w 
4. Cirrous scud and woolly cirri, moving very slowly. B 
6. Id. B 
8. Id. Ww 
0. Overcast. Ww 
Seud : patches of mottled cirri and cirro-cumuli, moving very slowly. 
Id.; clear on E. horizon. 
Id. [is from S. 
“a scud +— mottled, woolly, and diffuse cirri and cirro-strati; wind in gusts, when blowing strongest it 
da + id. 
Thick seud. 
Id. 
Id. 
. Thin scud + cirro-strati to E. 
Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirro-strati to SW. 
Loose scud, moving quickly ; heavy dew since 18}. 
Loose scud ; clouds blue, yellow, and gray. 
. Scud. 
2. Id.; the lowest thinnest and moving quickest. 
4. Id. + loose cumuli to 8. 
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Id. 
Id.; Auroral light? to NNW. 
. Id.; very dark. 
3. Thick scud. 
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