REMARKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 123 



JULY. 



cumuli, but the greater part of the sky is covered by scud and cumuli. 8^ 40™. Seven-tenths of 

 the sky covered with dark heavy clouds like nimbi (but no rain), moving from ESE., while in the 

 higher strata are cirro-cumuli and linear cirri stationary ; the cirrus becomes like thick cobwebs to 

 d h d h W., while it is quite black to S. : scud below, which appears to move quickest : wind increasing. 



18 20 — 19 5. 20*^. Scud. 23'\ Scud, clouds very thick : wind more in gusts. 2''. Scud moving rapidly from 



ENE. : cirro-cumuli above moving slowly in the same direction. 5^. Scud : occasional patches of 

 sky. 



19 20 — 20 5. 20^^. Light mist, tendency to drizzle. 23^ — ■5'^. Clouds moving from NE. 5^. Light drizzle. 



20 10 — 20 23. 11''. Breaking to N., where there are considerable patches of sky. 17''. Cirro-cumuli. IS**. 



Cirro-cumuli and linear cirri. 19''. Loose cumuli and a few linear cirri to N. 20''. Cumuli : 

 haze on SE. horizon. 23''. Loose cumuli moving from N by E., and another current from ENE., 

 a few cirro-cumuli above, apparently stationary. 



21 — 21 10. 0''. — 2''. Loose cumuli. 3''. Cumuli and scud, some with cirrous fringes; one current carries 



clouds from N by E., and another from NNW. 4''. Loose Cumuli. 9'^. From N. to SE., one 

 thick pile of craggy cumuli, lighted by the setting sun, giving all the appearance of snowy Alps 

 tinted by his glowing rays. 10''. Large mass of loose cumuli moving from about NNE. 



21 20 — 22 5. 20''. A mass of loose cumuli : sky to NW. 23''. Loose cumuli : sky principally to NW. 



2''. Loose cumuli, better defined than before. 5''. Detached cumuli to SE. 



22 20 — 23 5. 20''. Undefinable mass. 23''. Clear, 2''. A few specks of cumuli to SE. and N. 5''. Detached 



cumuli to S. and N. 



24 20 — 25 5. 20''. Flaky cumuli. 23''. Cumuli : patches of hazy sky. 2''. Cumuli : sky hazy. 5''. Cumuli, &c., 



hazy. 



25 20 — 26 5. 20''. Loose cumuli on horizon : large cirro-cumuli above and in zenith : clouds breaking. 



23''. Heavy dark cumuli looking electric to SE. : upper clouds moving very slowly from about 

 NNE. ; lower current rather quicker from SSE. 2''. Heavy black cumuli from about SE. : upper 

 current from W. : white towering masses of cumuli : a few drops of rain. b^. Cumuli and cirro- 

 cumuli, the latter principally to E. : light shower since last observation. 



26 20 — 27 5. 20''. Loose cumuli and cirro-cumuli : linear and other cirri and cirrous haze to N. 23''. Very 



like an approaching storm : a mixture of cirri and cirrous haze : loose and well defined cumuli ; 

 the cumuli are seen as if at rest in the bluish gray mass to E. and W. ; the sky has altogether an 

 indescribable appearance. 5''. Nimbi and more heavy black cumuli : rain to E. : scud creeping up 

 slowly fi'om W. : cumuli and cirri to N. : wind just sprung up : a patch of sky to N. 



27 20 — 28 5. 20''. A sort of blackish-blue mixture, in some places like cedar branches : a few cumuli seen : a 



few drops of rain : scud lowest, moving from about NNW. 23''. Nearly as before : more long 

 strings of loose cumuli floating from W, : clouds to NE. lying in all directions : occasional patches 

 of sky. 2''. More muddled than before. 5''. Cumuli principally to E. : patches of cirrous haze 

 or cirro-stratus edged with cirri ; looking stormy to E. : at 4'' the clouds moving from E., and a 

 smart shower of rain. 



28 20 — 29 7. 20'^. Loose cumuli, quantity variable. 23''. Heavy loose cumuli : linear cirri above : breaking 



to N. 2''. Cumuli : linear and woolly cirri above, both moving from N. 5''. Ragged edged 

 cumuli: cumulo -strati to N. 6^45"'. Quantity of clouds 5-5 : a kind of cirro-cumulous cirri ; the 

 cirri are all matted and frizzled, moving from N., but having a sort of lee-way from E. : a lower 

 current from W. carries a mass of smoky cirrous scud, which appears to have a lee-way to S. : masses 

 of cirro-strati rising from SW. : on the NE. and SE. horizon are beautiful cumuli and cumulo -strati. 



29 20 — 30 5. 20''. Three-tenths of cumuli to E, : four-tenths of fine cirri in zenith and to W. : a few cirri to 



SW., apparently moving from W., the other clouds moving from N. 23''. Rather loose-edged 

 cumuli. 2''. As before : a kind of snowy cirri above : sky in patches. 6''. As before : patches of 

 cirrous haze : very thick in zenith and to S. : sky principally on E. horizon, some to N. 

 31 20 — 31 23. 20''. Linear cirri to N. and E. 23''. Cumuli and linear cirri on horizon : small patches of loose 

 cumuli moving from SSW. across the zenith. 



AUGUST. 



1 2 — 1 5. 2''. Cumuli principally to E. and S., but moving across the zenith from SW. 5''. Cumuli nearly 



as before. 



