122 REMAEKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 



JULY. 



cumuli : cirri and masses of thick cirro-strata above : to the SE. is a large hazy mass of clouds 

 which becomes almost cirrous on the edges, and is cumuli on the top. 5^. Cumuli moving rapidly : 



d h d h linear cirri above stationary. 



6 20 — 6 5. 20*^. The sky covered with a thick cirrous haze, through which a few patches of sky are seen 



to W. : to the NE. dark cirro-cumuli are seen below the haze, and linear cirri here and there : a 

 few specks of scud or loose cumuli rise from about NNW., and mostly creep along the S. horizon ; 

 a few along the N. horizon ; the haze and other clouds appear stationary. 23*'. A great portion of 

 the clouds are patches of cirrous haze ; there are also cirro-cumuli, linear cirri, scud and cumuU. 

 2**. Principally ragged cumuli : linear cirri above : hazy cirri to N. and E. 5**. Cumuli : a few 

 linear cirri to NE. 



6 20 — 7 9. 20^. A confused mixture, apparently breaking to E. 23**. Sky covered with a thick cirrous 



haze : quite milky : cumuli on E. and N. horizon. 2^. Haze as before, but more cumuli ; the 

 sun projects a faint shadow. 5^. Scud and haze : rain. 8'' 45™. Clouds like puddledock : occa- 

 sional showers. 



7 20 — 8 5. 20*\ Cirro-cumuli : large masses of ragged cumuli rising from SW. : linear cirri to N. 23''. 



Cirro-cumuli moving slowly : immense piles of cumulo-strati of great length : dark to SSW., where 

 there appears the nucleus of a storm : patches of scud with the cumuli. 2''. CumuU and nimbi 

 rising from SSW. : occasional showers. 5^. Cumuli, nimbi, and cirrous haze : clearing to S. : 

 occasional smart showers. 



8 20 — 9 5. 20''. Large masses of watery cumuli I'olling along slowly : in the E. the rounded masses are 



inclined to the horizon at an angle of 45°, and have a most picturesque appearance : cirro-cumuli 

 seen above : a few patches of sky. 20'' 10™. Clouds 9-5. 23''. Large masses of cumuli below, 

 while there is a large kind of cirro-cumuli above : the cumuli have great fantastic forms, and are 

 much in ranges : patches of sky. 2''. Cumuli and large cirro-cumuli : cumuli in ranges round 

 horizon : about an hour ago beautiful cirro-cumulo-strati were seen. 5''. Cumuli, with large cirro- 

 cumuli and cirro-sti'ati round horizon ; the cumuli are lowest and move quickly, the others are sta- 

 tionary. 



10 20 — 11 5. 20''. Scud : heavy rain : on the evening of the 10th scud was moving from about W., the lower 



current being more rapid than the upper. 23'' — 2''. Scud : heavy rain. 5''. Cumuli and scud : 

 clouds more broken : a little sky in zenith : showers lately : the air feels warm. 



11 20 — 12 5. 20''. Cirri and cirro-strati to E. : the cirri are on the border of the mass of cirro-strati, and in 



some places look like foam on a wave ; they have their concavity towards the S. : watery-looking 

 cumuli rising from NNW. 23''. Cumuli. 2''. Cumuli : clouds in detached masses over the whole 

 sky. 5''. Cumuli, principally on horizon : a few linear cirri to E. 



12 20 — 13 5. 20''. Cumuli and scud : rain : sunshine half-an-hour ago. 23''. Loose cumuli and nimbi moving 



quickly : cirro-cumuli above : showers around. 2''. Cumuli and scud : cirri and cirrous haze above. 

 5''. Cumuli and scud. 



13 20 — 14 5. 20''. Cumuli and scud : linear cirri and cirro-strati to N. and S. 23''. Ragged cumuli and 



cirrous haze. 2'' — 5''. Cumuli. 



14 20 — 15 10. 20''. Hazy cirri to N., E., and S. : cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati to W. : two or three masses of 



ragged cumuli. 23''. Chiefly linear cirri spread in all directions, almost becoming haze to N. and E. : 

 cirro-cumuli and cumuli moving slowly. 2''. Cumuli : woolly cirro-cumuli and cirri : fish-backed 

 cirro-strati. 5''. Flat cirrous-edged cumuli moving very slowly from about WNW. 9'' 35™. Strange 

 looking grey cirro-cumuli creeping up from SW. near to the zenith, and E. and W. of it, sending 

 out small ragged creepers, like the branches of a weeping willow ; the sky to the S. of the zenith is 

 quite covei'ed with this, which becomes quite thick to S., and like irregular cirro-cumuli at 45° alt. 



15 20 — 16 5. 20''. Clear: a small patch of linear cirrus to W. : hazy to E. 23''. Cumuli dispersed over the 



sky, except to N., from which a compact mass extends to ESE. 2''. Cirrous masses, from which 

 the cirri diverge in all directions ; the greatest mass is to NW. 5''. Cirri in fantastic forms, spring- 

 ing from a thick nucleus to W., and tossed out in all directions ; there is a long feather of cirrus 

 extending 25° to 30° : linear cirri to SW. 

 17 20 — 18 9. 20''. Sky covered with cirrous haze and linear cirri, which appear stationary, while masses of 

 loose cumuli or scud moving slowly from about E. cover seven-tenths of the sky ; the sun's rays just 

 project a faint shadow on paper ; the sky was covered by a confused mixture of cirri on the 17th. 

 23''. Cirrous haze and cirro-strati as before, but more cumuli or scud ; the haze seen through the 

 openings. 2''. Cirrous haze as before : cumuli and cumulo-strati. 5''. Less haze : a few cirro- 



