47* Meteorological Journal, [June, 1814, 



REMARKS. 



Fourth Month. — 12. Cirrus clouds, passing to the intermediate modifications. 

 The dust Is becoDie so dry aad light that the air is filled with it: this is in jiart to 

 be ascribed to electrical action. 13. "Various clouds appeared a. m. including the 

 Nimbus; and a few drops of rain fell. Tiiunder clouds, p.m.: a coloured twi- 

 light. 14. Clouds of various modifications. 15. A few drops, a. m.: a swallow 

 appeared on the wing : p.m. steady rain. 16. Much wind : showers. 17. Steady 

 rain in the morning: wind S. hollow, and murmuring: after this large Cumulus 

 clouds (beneath Cirrus), which in the evening rapidly evaporated or dispersed ; an 

 Aurora Borealis ensued, of which an account has been already given. (See the 

 Remarks in last Number.) 18. Wet morning and evening: much Cumulus ap- 

 peared to-day, intermixed with Cirrostralus in the region of its base, an appear, 

 ance verv unusual. 19, Cirrostiatus, a.m.: day fiue: a lurid sun-set, the disk 

 showing enlarged, through spots and lines of Cirrostralus . 20. a. m. Clouds, 

 beneath an elevated haze, in which were discernible streaks from N. to S. : rain 

 in the night. 521. The clouds inosculating, a.m.: rain ensued in the evening, 

 22. Windy: Cumulosiratus : a brisk evaporation. 23. Shower, p.m.: rain in 

 the night. 24. Windy; small rain. 25. Overcast: showery. 26. After a 

 shower, various clouds through the day, and a rainbow : at sun-set a beautiful 

 Cumulosiratus in the S. E. reflecting the splendour of the twilight. 27. Cloudy: 

 rain to the S. W. 28, 29. Wet mornings. 30. A grey elevated sky. 



Fifth Month. — 1. Windy. 2. Overcast, a. m. : then fair, with Cirrus, 

 4. Cloudy morning. 5. The same: a windy and very wet day: (he rain mixed 

 at intervals with sleet and hail. 6. Showers, attended with (he union of clouds 

 in dlflere t straia. At sun-set an appearance of extensive rain in the E. with 

 groups of CuriiUhis and Cirrostralus before it. In the N. and W. these had, 

 intermixed a. d adheriig, a transparent brown-red haze, distinguisliable from the 

 substance of the cloud, and whicli gave a pink tinge to the twiligiil, elsewhere of 

 the u-u.il leiiioii colour. At the same time a Stratus arose in the meadows. 7. A 

 misty ni..rning: while the earth presents the aspect of spring: the si^y of late is 

 qnite autumnal. Showers again passed by in the E. 8 Cloudy morning: rain ia 

 the S. and £, Cumulus clouds, uniting with Cm«s above. 9. Overcast bky. 



RESULTS. 



Winds variable. 



Barometer: Greatest height 30-42 inches ; 



Least 29-23 inches ; 



Mean of the period 29*770 Inches. 



Thermometer: Greatest height 74° 



Least 33» 



Mean 31 -SO* 



Evaporation 2-15 inches. Rain I "SO inches. 



Tottenham, Fifth M*nth, 19, 1814. L, HOWARD. 



