made at Clapton in Hackneij. 319 



night ; a little brilliant meteor descended into a fleecy cu- 

 mulus. Wind S.W. ,. r 11 II 1 



Oct. 15.— Misty morning with cumuli, followed by clear 

 and very warm day with a south-west wind. 



Oct 'i 6— Fair warm day. ci;ra5 and an-ora?WH/«v with 

 some 'cumuU, followed bv all the modifications variously 

 mixed in diflerent altitudes and interfused with mistiness ; 

 fine orange colour at sun-set ; flashes of lightmng by night. 



(Jet. 17. Misty and overcast mornmg ; atterwards fair 



with cirrus, cinocumulas, and others ; siratus by night. 



Oct. 18.— Thick siratus followed by fair warm day with 

 multiform cirrus, cirrociumdus, cumulm, cumulostratus, 

 and afterwards cirrostralus : ram occurred m the night. 

 Wind gentle from S.S.VV. , , i . 



Oct. 19.— A wet mist, followed by much cloud and 

 mistiness: towards evening it was fair, when much cirrus 

 was observed scattered about ahead of cumulus and cumu- 

 lostratus which appeared lower. Thick stratus at night. 

 Wind gentle from S.S.W. , , ■ n i j 



Oct. 20.— A mist followed by damp and chiefly cloudy 

 day, with some intervals of sunshine: stratus by night. 



Wind S.S.W. ,, r- , • , • 



Oct. 21. Cloudy morning followed by fair day with cir- 

 rus and abundance 'of cirrocumvlus'^ above large and low- 

 ering fleecy cumuli flving beneath in the wind : very warm 

 night, with a brisk gale from the south j distant flashes of 



liffhtninc. 



^Oct. 22. Fair morning with south wind, cirrus and cir- 



rocmnulus above ; large low and spreading cimuliis and cu- 

 mulostratus below : afterwards sky became clouded all 

 over, rain followed, and the wind became west. Clear 

 acrain by night. 



° Oct. 23. Filiform aVri range from N.W. to S.L. and 



become a fine veil ; ciiniuU float below in W.S.W. wind : 

 afterwards much spreadins; cloud and misty horrizon. To- 

 wards evening breeze from N.W. with light showers; very 

 clear by nighT, with some small meteors and cooler air. 



Five Houses, Clapton, ThOMAS FoUbTER. 



Oerober i.'4ih, 1811. 



» Some cirrorumulus appeared whose 7iuiecuhv were smaller than those 

 of a bed ofciVrocumut'«sina/.!s/ierregio.ii whi^hisan uausual inversion 

 et order. 



METEORO- 



