made at Tunhr'idge Wells. 23Sf 



Sept.. 4. — Clouded early, then clear with cumuli helow cirrij 

 and Avindy from WSW. 



Sept. 5. — Fair day, somewhat cooler, and various clouds. 

 Calm evening, and very fine indeed : features of the different 

 modifications not strongly marked. The sky exhibited in places 

 a fire. 



Sept. 6. — Cooler air still. Clear morning with faint features 

 of cirrostraius ; aimuli in the day. The white and partial strati 

 which I saw creeping up the valley at sunrise, as 1 rode to Ber- 

 wash, gave place afterwards to greater mist, which made the 

 horizon obscure. Fine evening, and some red in the sunset. 



Sept. 7. — Fine day; cumuli prevail. N. wind. A fair, still 

 evening, with cirri^ and a fine deep red refraction at sunset and 

 for some time nfterwards. 



Sept.S. — Fine morning \vhen stratus cleared off. Clear 

 sunset and red- coloured horizon. At night small meteors. 



Sefit. 9. — Fair dry day, with northerly wind, and some cumiili. 

 In the evening, features of the other modifications. At sunset, 

 a fine red blush marked bv diverging red and blue bars. 



Sept. 10. — Fair and almost cloudless, save a few cumuli. 

 Fine clear sunset ; the horizon about the west a beautiful red, 

 fading into yellow afterwards. 



Sept. 1 1 . — 'Fair but misty horizon, as of late ; in the morning 

 cirrocumulus appeared early. I saw features of cirrostratiis in 

 large bars below it: cumulnslratm and indication of thunder, 

 with increased warmth. It cleared off, and we had a fine calm 

 evening, with mined and coloiued clouds. 



Sept. 12. — V/arm clear day, with ciirociimuliis, &c.; red sun- 

 set. 



Sept. 13. — Fine clear dry day again, and quite without a cloud 

 all day. The heat increaseii, but there were light gales from 

 SE. 



Sept. \\.. — Fine clear hot day with few clouds, and a beauti- 

 ful sunset ; some fleecy cumuli by uiooniight. 



Sept. 15. — Very hot. day and clear, except a few cirri, &c. 

 and some small cumuli; dry. SE wind. 



Sept. 16. — Hot morning with a light shower early; through 

 the (]s.y cumulostraius, &c. increased, and we had gentle showers 

 at night. 



S'-pf, 17. — :Hot fair morning, cirri and CM7W?^Znll-defined. 



Thomas Forster. 



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