302 Appendix. 



h Hail. 



jl Lightning. 



m Misty hazy atmosphere. 



O.VERCASx, or the whole sky covered with thick clouds. 

 p Passing temporary Showers. 



q Squallx. 



r Rain, contiimed rain. 



S Snow. 



t Thunder, 



^ Ugiv threatening appearances. 



V Visible clear atnaosphere. 



IV Wet Dew. 



• Under any letter, indicates an extraordinary degree. 



C* Flosculent clouds, called liorses' tails.. 



T Table Cloth. 



1 Cloth on Lion's Head. 

 Ta' Cloth on Lion's Rump. 

 1> Cloth on Devil's Berg. 

 '!> Cloth East side of ditto. 

 !>• Cloth West side of ditto. 

 — Eastern Hemisphere. 



if* Western ditto. 



By the comhination of these letters, all the ordinary pheno- 

 mena of the weather may he expressed with facility and brevity. 

 Examples: — Bcm, Blue sky, with passing clouds, and a hazy 

 atmosphere. Cry, Gloomy dark weather, but distant objects 

 remarkably visible. Qpdlt, Very hard squalls, with passing 



showers of drizzle, and accompanied by lightning with very 

 heavy thunder. 



