WEATHER LETTEllS. 41 



LETTERS 

 TO DENOTE THE STATE OF THE WEATHER. 



b Blue Sky ; (whether clear, or hazy, atmosphere). 

 e Clouds; (detached passing clouds). 

 d Drizzling Rain. 



f Foggy f Thick fog. 



g Gloomy (dark weather). 

 h Hail. 

 1 Xiightning. 



m Misty (hazy atmosphere). 



o Overcast (or the whole sky covered with thick clouds). 

 p Passing (temporary showers), 

 q Squally. 



r Rain (continued rain), 

 s Snow, 

 t Thunder. 



u Ugly (threatening appearances). 

 V Visible (clear atmosphere). 

 w Wet Dew. 

 . Under any letter, indicates an extraordinary degree. 



By the combination of these letters, all the ordinary phenomena 

 of the weather may be expressed with facility and brevity. 



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

 atmosphere. 



Gv, Gloomy dark weather, but distant objects remarkably visible. 



Qpdltj Very hard squalls, with passing showers of drizzle, and 

 accompanied by lightning with very heavy thunder. 



