EEMARKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 119 



MAY. 



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20 — 23 5. 20**. A smart shower beginning to fall. 23'^. Heavy rain began at 22*^ 45°*. 2^^. Cumuli, 

 principally on horizon. 5*^. Cumuli. 



20 — 24 5. 20*^. Cirri and cirro-strati : a few cumuli appearing to SE. 23*^. Principally cumuli round 

 N. horizon, with large black watery looking masses rising from S. : sky quite covered with a dense 

 haze : the sun projects only a faint shadow : a few clouds like cirro-strati to S. and E. 2K Over- 

 cast. 5*^. Like cirro-strati, with cumuli near horizon, calm, all as if arrested in their progress. 



20 — 25 5. 20*^. Overcast. 23''. Cumuli: clouds opening to S. 2^. Cumuli: linear cii'ri above stationary : 

 clouds looking electric. 5'^. Sky covered with nimbi : loud thunder : brilliant flashes of lightning, 

 followed by heavy rain : quite dark to S. 



20 — 26 5. 20'^. A dense mist lies over the ground. 23^. Heavy black cumuli : clouds still looking elec- 

 tric. 2^. Cumuli moving from S., and lying in thick ranges round horizon. 5^. Black cumuli : 

 sky to NW. 



20—27 5. 20*^. Overcast : foggy. 23'^. Dark cumuh : a speck of blue to NE. 2'^. Cumuli : beautiful 

 ranges of cumuli round horizon : the sky in patches here and there. 5'^. Cumuli in ranges round 

 horizon : beautiful vertebrated cirri lying from SW. across E. of zenith to NE. ; the lines of cirri 

 beautifully fine, like some woven wool ; these appear stationary, or nearly so, while a lower current 

 carries parallel flocks of cirri moving to NE., but lying at right angles to the direction of the others, 

 thus giving the appearance of vertebrae. 



10 — 28 9. lO'^. Cirri and ciiTO-strati. ll'^. Principally linear cirri to N. pointing NNE. 12'\ The same 

 directed to N. 13**. The same radiating from N. 14'^. The same moving off to E. 16'\ Cirro- 

 strati and cirri. 17^. Cirro-strati to E. IS*" — 19^. Clear. 20'^. Overcast : light breeze. 21\ 

 Clearing : still cloudy : wind as before. 23** — ^2*^. Cumuli. 3*'. Cumuli in ranges round horizon. 

 4'* — 5^. Cumuli, &c. on horizon. 6^. Cumuli and cirro-strati. 7^. Cumulo-strati and cirro-strati. 

 8^. Cirro-strati over two-tenths of sky, cumuli one-tenth. 



20 — 30 5. 20**. Watery looking cumuli rising from SW. and creeping across to NE. : cirro-strati and cirro- 

 cumuli to NE. : very rainy like to SE. 23''. As at 20'', a few specks of cirro-cumuli. 2''. Cumuli 

 and nimbi : showers going round : masses of feathery cirri stationary. 5''. Cumuli and nimbi : a 

 light shower passing. 



20 — 31 5. 20'' — 23''. Cumuli. 2''. Cumuli : a few fine linear cirri above. 5''. Watery looking cumuli. 



20 — 31 23. 20''. Beginning to break : cirri and cirro-strati. 23''. Cumuli and linear cirri. 



JUNE. 



1 2 — 1 5. 2''. Cumuli. 5''. Scud : light showers passing over. 



1 20 — 2 5. 20''. Cirri to E. : a few detached specks of cumuli rising from SE. 23''. Cumuli, with a few 



reticulated and other cirri, all moving slowly. 2''. Cumuli scattered over the whole sky : a few 

 cirri. 5''. Detached cumuli : a few cirri. 



2 20 — 3 5. 20''. Clear. 23''. Cirro-strati edged with cirri and cirro-cumuli : a few cumuli. 2''. Cumuli. 



5''. Cumidi and a few diffuse cirri. 



3 20 — 4 5. 20''. Cirri nearly linear, proceeding from large cirrous nests : a few specks of cirro-cumuli. 



23''. Detached cumuli : mixed and linear cirri and cirro-cumuli above. 2''. Cumuli near horizon 

 to S. and E. : sky to N. and W., covered with cirrous haze : cirro-strati and cirro-cumuli. 

 5''. Clouds and haze, the sun's rays appear throuo-h the haze so as to cast a faint shadow. 



5 20—6 5. 20''. Breaking to E. 23". Diffuse cumuli. 5". Cumuli. 



6 20 — 7 5. 20''. Thick mist : trees definable at about half-a-mile distant. 23''. Cirri : a few cumuli to S. 



2''. Cumuli : sky nearly covered with cirrous haze. 5''. Cumuli : sky still hazy, but cirri less 

 distinct. 



7 20 — 8 5. 20''. A few specks of ill-defined cirri to SW. 23''. Cirro-cumuli and linear cirri. 2''. A few 



detached specks of small cumuli, with a streak of cirro-stratus. 5''. Gusty. 



8 20 — 9 5. 20''. Heavy mist : trees definable at about J of a mile. 23''. A few faint streaks of cirri to S. 



and SE. 2''. A speck or two of cirrus to SW. 5''. Sky on horizon brownish, about 10° alti- 

 tude, milky, and so up gradually to the deep blue of the zenith. 



9 20—10 5. 20". Principally linear cirri to NE. and SE. - 23". Chiefly cumuli from S., round by E. to N., 



edges ragged : nests of cirri. 2". From NE. to SE. horizon a mass of ill-defined, flat, watery- 



