METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS 



169 



UNUSUAL WEATHEB PHENOMENA, SANTA LUCIA, 1913-14 



The following abstracts are selected because they give some 

 important features of the weather not included in the preceding 

 tables and graphs. Of special interest are the strong contrasts 



a~m. 



Jan. 



p.m. 



a.m. 



May 



p.m. 



Clear 



I- ■-: ; : -: ! | 0-2.5 



Scale of Cloudiness 

 2.5-7.5 



7.5-10 



Completely 

 Overcast 



Fig. 105 — Monthly cloudiness of Santa Lucia from January to July, 1914. Mean 

 cloudiness for the whole period is also shown. 



between the comparatively high temperatures of midday and the 

 sudden "tempests " accompanied by rain or hail that follow the 

 strong convectional movements dependent upon rapid and unequal 

 heating. The furious winds drive the particles of hail like shot. 

 It is sometimes impossible to face them and the pack train must 



