AUGUST STORM. 



533 



muli, saw a S. E. current set in, bringing light fleecy cirro-strati with it, 

 above the current carrying the cumuli. There was a higher current 

 ahont S. W., carrying cirro-cumuli ahove the S. E. current. Towards 

 evening, the sky was generally overcast; wind still S. W., and diminish- 

 ing in force. 



]7th. At 8, A. M., wind S. E. or S. S. E., strong, with rain. Heavy 

 clouds, at a moderate height, were at this time moving from the S. VV. 

 About 1, P. M., or rather^ooner, wind changed to S. S. W. and S. W., 

 and increased in force; clouds above moving from VV. Wind gradually 

 veered to W., and about 1 1, P. M., due W. and at its greatest strength ; 

 clouds moving from N. W. 



18th. In the morning, wind N. W., strong, but less so than the pre- 

 ceding evening; veered during the day to N. N. W. or nearly N. ; sky 

 during the day, generally clear. 

 Barometef at Philosophical Hall, supposed about 90 to 100 feet above the sea. 



'JO, A. M. 10, P.M. 



16th, 29.835 29.060 



17th, 28.700 28.725 



18th, 29,180 29.415 



1 wrote down memoranda of the above at the time, which, being 

 mislaid, the above is written from memory. 



JAMES S. MARSHALL. 



[Furnished by Dr. Harwood, Sheffield ] 



Mr. Heppenstall says the wind began on the 16th, early, blowing from 

 the S. S. by W., and continued all day, varying toward the S. ; and so 

 till morning, when it varied to the S. S. by E., and continued so most 

 of the day. On the morning of the 18th, it had got round to the E., 

 and subsided about noon. It was the strongest about noon of the 17th. 

 It rained heavily most of the time. 



[Hyde, near Manchester, by D. Green.] 



Meteorological Register, for the Port of Liverpool. 



16th, Morn. W. N. W. Bar. 29.98 Ther. 57 Moderate breeze and 



cloudy. 



" Even. W. S. W. 29.98 65 Moderate breeze and 



cloudy. 



17th, Morn. S. S. W. 29.70 58 Fresh breeze and 



cloudy. 



Even. N.W. 29.21 52 A gale, cloudy, with 



showers. 



18th, Morn. W. N. W. 2921 54 Blowing fresh, dark 



weather and contin- 

 ual heavy rain. 



Even. W. N. W. 29.23 60 Fresh breeze, dark 



W. with rain. 



