Meteorological Observations at Tunbridge Wells. 239 
August 15.—Abundance of cirrus above, and cumulus 
below, being a fair day with NW wind. Max. of therm. 
78°; fair evening, the cirrt and cirrostrati coloured with 
crimson about sunset; light flimsy cirrostratus by moon- 
light, and lunar corona. 
August 16.—Fair; various clouds. 
Meteorological Olservaiions made at Tunbridge Wells in 
Kent, from the 17th to the 21st of August 1813. 
August 17.—Fair day ; various clouds of different modi- 
fications. Fine sunset. 
August 18.—Cirri, cirrocumuli, &c. cumulostratus, and 
a few drops of water. The sky had a very green colour 
through the interstices of the clouds. Fine orange horizon 
alcer sunset. Wind W. 
August 19.—Early, cirrt becoming cirrostratt and cirro- 
cumuli ; little dark cwmuli through the day sailed along 
below spreading cumulostratus. Fair evening. After many 
beautiful changes of cirrus, J at Jength saw after sunset the 
following phenomena: Long bands of cirrus culoured 
crimson by the set sun were stretched along, and inclined 
downwards at one end towards mountainous and black cu- 
mulostrati coming up slowly from the western horizon,which 
when they came near threw out long jetties or arms to- 
wards it; the cir7t soon changing into a lobated cirrocu- 
mulous cloud; the whole passed gently away and broke 
up. Some small falling stars of the common kind, with 
rapid motion *. 
August 20.— Clear morning ; the formation and increase 
of diurnal cumuli was conspicuous through the day; about 
two hours after noon cirri began to appear in fibrous streaks. 
Riding over Rusthall Common at night, J observed a small 
brilliant meteor starting down, which left a narrow train 
for a second of time; there was cirrostratus obscryable at 
the time. 
August 21.—Fair morning, but cooler than hitherto, 
with northerly wind; much cirrus and some cirrocumulus 
and cirrostratus in the morning ; cumulostratus through 
the day; cirrostratus the prevailing feature again in the 
evening ; star-light at night. 
* The common stelliform kind, and generally the caudate, move straighter 
and quicker than the larger scrt of meteors which sometimes happen; and 
which I have called the brilliant meteors.—Refer to your Journal for No- 
vember 1811, and to my “Researches about Atmospheric Phznomena,” 
p. 88. 
Clapton, Aug. 23, 1813, THOMAS TForSTER. 
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