TABLE OF SYMBOLS. 



The following figures and letters have been adopted to show the force of the 

 wind, and to express the state of the weather. 



0. Calm. 



1. Light air. 



2. Light breeze. 



3. Gentle breeze. 



4. Moderate breeze. 



5. Fresh breeze. 



6. Strong breeze. 



7. Moderate gale. 



8. Fresh gale. 



9. Strong gale. 



10. Whole gale. 



11. Storrn. 



12. Hurricane. 



b. Blue sky; whether with clear or hazy 



atmosphere. 



c. Cloudy, but detached clouds. 



d. Drizzling rain. 



f. Foggy. 

 F. Thick fog. 

 g. Gloomy dark weather, 

 h. Hail. 



I. Lightning. 



m. Misty, hazy atmosphere, 

 o. Overcast, the whole sky being covered, 

 p. Passing showers, 

 q. Squally, 

 r. Rain, 

 s. Snow, 

 t. Thunder. 



u. Ugly, threatening appearances, 

 v. Visibility of distant objects, 

 w. Wet dew. 



. Under any letter, shows an extraordinary degree of the state of weather desired to be expressed. 



