120 REMAEKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 



JUNE. 



looking clouds, from which flaky patches rise and are carried to SW. 5*^. Scud covered the sky 

 d h d h within an hour. 

 10 20—11 5. 20^. Overcast. 23^. Indefinable mass. 2'^— 5^^. Clear. 



12 20 — 13 5. 20^ Vapoury cumuli. 23''. Clear. 2^ Cirro-strati to N. and S. : cumulo-strati to S. 5''. 



Principally cumuli to S., and cumulo-strati to N. 



13 20 — 14 5. 20*^. Overcast: light mist. 23*^. Cumuli and cirro-cumuli, with cirro-strati: hazy to E. 



and N. 2'\ Cumuli and ciiTO-strati : sky hazy : clouds looking electric, b^. Cumuli : sky in small 

 patches. 



14 20 — 15 5. 20**. Cumuli and cirri : sky to N. 23**. Detached cumuli two-tenths : cirri two-tenths. 2*". 



Cumuli to S. : cirro-strati to N. : 6^ Cumulo-strati and diffuse cirri. 



15 20 — 16 5. 20'\ Cumuli to S. : cirro-strati to N. 23*^. Very ragged cumuli. 2^^. Watei-y-looking cumuli : 



sky to NE. 5^^. Cumuli and cirro-strati. 



16 20 — 17 5. 20*^, Cumuli: cirri: breakingr. 23**. Cumuli and cirro-strati. 2^. Cumuli. 5'^. Cumuli: a 



few cirri. 



17 20—18 5. 20'*. Cumuli and cirro-strati : a few streaks of blue. 23'\ Cmnuli and diffuse cirro-cumuli and 



cirro-strati : very watery-looking cumuli sailing very low. 2^. Heavy masses of cumuli moving 

 from SW. : cirro-strati and cumuli above. 5^^. Heavy black cumuli : cirro-cumuli above stationary. 



19 20 — 20 5. 20'\ Quite overcast : clouds apparently moving from about SE. : a few drops of rain. 23''. Light 



showers. 2''. Cumuli and nimbi : cin-o-cumuli above stationary. 5'\ Watery cumuli or scud : 

 pitch black to S. ; electric looking to E. : cirro-strati above scud to E. stationary. 



20 20 — 21 9. 20''. Scud and nimbi. 9'' 30"'. Cumuli and nimbi : cirro-cumuli above stationary. 23'' — 0''. 



Cumuli and nimbi : cirro-cumuli and ciiTO-strati : passing showers at 0''. 1''. Cumuli and nimbi 

 moving from SSW. : pinnacled cumuli to N. : cirri, &c. above stationary. 2'' — 3''. Beautifully 

 pinnacled cumuli and nimbi : cirri above stationary : looking very electric to NE. : clouds near 

 horizon dark blue, rising gradually to cumuli of the most brilliant white. 4'' 0"". Cumuli and 

 nimbi : thunder and lightning at about 4^ of interval : heavy rain ; drops very large when they 

 first fell, making a circular spot of from 1 to 1-^- inch in diameter : hail also about J inch in dia- 

 meter : lower stratum of clouds moving from about E by N. ; upper from SSW. ; cirri above sta- 

 tionary ; above the upper nimbi there appears a kind of cirrous mass moving slowly in the same 

 direction. 4'' 10"". The lower stratum appears to move from SE. : storm appears most violent to 

 SW. and W. : very loud peals of thunder : a long chain of nimbi appears to move in a circle, com- 

 mencing about NE., and going round by S. to NW. 4'' 15™. The lowest stratum appears to carry 

 the other with it, the hazy cirrous mass still moving, however, to NE. : to the SSW. large masses 

 of white cumuli are occasionally seen through the nimbi, and have a beautiful mezzotint appearance 

 through the rain ; they appear stationary. 4'' 20"" — 30™. To the E. masses of cirro-strati are 

 seen : the storm moves off to NW., the lightning is seen very well in that quarter, long forked 

 flashes, extending sometimes from SSW. to NNW. 5''. Storm moved off to NW., and again 

 brewing in SE., where large dark masses of nimbi are seen rising in the white cirrous haze which 

 covers that part of the sky : light rain : distant thunder. 6''. Almost an entire mass of nimbi : 

 loud peals of thunder, principally from SSE. : rather heavy rain : thunder about 8^ after lightning, 

 7'' 5'°. Clouds more in masses than last hour : nimbi : distant thunder, apparently to SE. and 

 SSW., and thence to N. 8'' 15™. Nimbi, &c. still more broken than last hour : small portion of 

 sky seen in zenith : round the horizon there is that settled appearance so common after a thunder- 

 storm, all the clouds at rest as if becalmed in a moment, and spreading in the lightest tints like 

 yew-tree branches. 8'' 45™ — 55™. Nimbi moving from SE., raining heavily there : a low mass 

 of diffuse cumuli, breaking into a kind of cirro-cumulus, moves slowly from SW. to NE. 



21 20 — 22 7- 20''. Linear cirri : cirro-strati and cumulo-strati stationary : round horizon from N. to SE. 



detached masses of watery-edged cumuli. 21''. As at 20'', with more cumuli rising. 23''. Cumuli: 

 streaks of cirri round the zenith, crossing at right angles, and pointing NE. and NW. : thin-laced 

 cirri covers four-tenths of the sky. 0'' 5™. Cumuli 7 parts ; reticulated cirri 2. 2''. Cumuli : 

 very scattered streaks of cirrus, seen principally to S. 3''. Cumuli : cirrous haze to S. : fibi'ous 

 cirri to E., pointing WNW. 5''. Cumuli moved off to N. ; a few to S. : the greater part of the 

 sky covered with very thick cirrous haze (very thick to E.) and cirro-cumuli. 6'' 40™. A few 

 cumuli round hoi'izon : remainder of the sky covered with common and linear cirri lying in all 

 directions, the greater part having their origin to SE., and lying in a sort of curl towards E. 



22 7 — 23 9. 10''. Linear cirri to NE., and cumuli to S., cirro-strati to NE. 11''. Clouds on horizon : clear 



