474 Metcoi (/logical Journal. [Dec. 1813. 



REMARKS. 



Tenth Month. — 16. Fine morning : wet p. m. : lightning in 

 the evening. 17- Showery. 18. Fine a.m.: shower p.m. 

 19. Hoar frost : fair day, after misty morning. 20. Cloudy : 

 a. m. much wind at E. 22. About half-past seven p. m. a bright 

 blue meteor appeared in the N. and passing to the westward with 

 a steady and rather slow motion became extinct. There were 

 some traces of Cirrostralus clouds, which increased afterwards. 



23. Maximum of temp, at nine a. ra. : cloudy, with a breeze. 



24. Overcast. 25. Cloudy, a.m.: clear, p.m. During the 

 twilight there was an abundance of red haze, first in the E. 

 horizon, over clouds in that quarter; then at a considerable 

 elevation in the W. It ended more clear, and orange coloured. 

 26. Cloudy at intervals. 27. a. m. Windy. 28. Hoar frost ; 

 which was found, on examination, to consist, not of spicules 

 attached to the herbage, but of the drops of dew, frozen clear 

 and solid. 29. Hoar frost : Cumuhstrati, followed by Nimbi, 

 one of the latter approaching from the E. : at four p. m. exhi- 

 bited a double rainbow, on a ground of purple. 30. Spicular 

 hoar frost : very misty: clear at noon : Cirrostratus, and a little 

 rain, p. m. : wet and stormy night. 31. Windy, a.m. : Cirrus, 

 with Cumulus: a shower about four, with a fine bow. 



Eleventh Month. — 1. Hoar frost. 2. Granular hoar frost: 

 very clear sun-rise : clouds at noon : rain, p. m. : very windy 

 night. 8. Sunshine, a.m.: wind N. N. W. : a shower, p.m. 

 6. Calm clear weather, with hoar frost, these three days: the 

 wind now rising. 7-. Small rain at intervals : a solar halo, p.m. 

 of large diameter. 8. Fair, a. m. Before four p. m. dark 

 Nimbi, and rain beginning : being on the south side of London, 

 I was surprised with a flash of lightning and a sharp peal of 

 thunder : about half-past six had a glimpse of a meteor passing 

 to the VV. It was said to lighten after this time. 8, 9. Windy. 

 11. Stormy night. 12. Windy and cloudy : p. m. wet. 13. Hoar 

 frost. 14. The same, with crystallized rime on the shrubs. 



RESULTS. 



Winds Variable : the Easterly prevailed in the former, the 

 Westerly in tbe latter part. 



Barometer: Greatest height 30'34 inches; 



Least 28 , 7'1 inches; 



Mean of the period 29-625 inches; 



Thermometer: Greatest height 58° 



Least 27° 



Mean of the period 43'41° 



Evaporation, 0'S3 inches. Rain, 2*14 inch. 



Tottenham, Eleventh Month, 17, 1313. L. HOWARD. 



