124 REMARKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 



AUGUST. 



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1 20 — 2 5. 20*^. Sky covered with cirri : a few cumuli to N. 23'*. Haze and cumuli, 2^. Sky hazy : 



clouds misty : cumuli. 5**. Cirri : sky very hazy, especially on horizon : a few specks of cumuli to 

 SE. and NE. 



2 20 — 3 5. 20K Largest kind of cirro-cumuli. 23'*. Cumuli and cirro-cumuli : hazy to E. 2**. Heavy 



black and white cumuli ; scud below : a few drops of rain ; very hazy to E. : a few cirri : electric 

 and rainy-looking. S^. Cumuli and scud : haze on horizon : patches of hazy sky. 



3 20 — 4 5. 20** — 23**. Scud moving rapidly. 2'*. Cumuli and scud : sky in zenith. 5^*. Cumuli and 



scud : cirri above. 



4 20 — 5 5. 20'*. Scud. 23'*. Scud : occasional patches of sky and gleams of sunshine : very light drizzle. 



2'*. Scud : slight drizzle. 5'*. As at 2'* ; the upper covering of clouds is a dim homogeneous gray : 

 occasional patches of sky. 



5 20 — 6 5. 20**. Fine linear cirri radiating from SSW. and NNE. : mottled cirri to E. 23^ Reticulated 



cirrus, which becomes cirrous haze to E. : loose cumuli and cumulo-strati below. 2'*. Detached 

 cumuli round hoi'izon : cirrous haze above. 6'*. Detached masses of cumuli : cirri and cirrous haze 

 above ; the cirri waved in all directions. 



7 20 — 8 5. 20**. Hazy : scud : clouds like cedar branches : very thick to E. 23'*. Loose cumuli or scud. 



2** — 5'*. Heavy cumuli : very hazy to E. 



8 20 — 9 5. 20'*. Scud : cumuli on E. horizon : hazy to E. 23'*. Loose cumuli moving quickly : woolly 



cirro-cumuli : linear cirri and cirrous haze. 2'*. As before ; showers. 6**. Linear and woolly 

 cirri and cirrous haze over 6^ tenths : scattered cumuli. 



9 20 — 10 5. 20**. Hazy cirrous clouds : linear cirri : cirro-cumuli-strati and woolly cirro-cumuli. 23**. Clouds 



scattered : as before, but a few small patches more nearly approaching to small cumuli. 2'*. Very 

 hazy and electric-looking : haze and cumuli ; the cumuli not much rounded and rather flat. 

 5'*. Nimbi : thunder, first heard about 2'* 30*** to the SSW., whence black cumuli arose ; it gra- 

 dually came nearer, moving along W. horizon : rain began to fall at 3'* 0***, which has continued 

 since ; the storm has now worked round to NE. or E. ; the flashes of lightning are not frequently 

 seen ; the storm appeared about 7'* to have ceased ; it was, however, only a lull for an hour, when 

 it again commenced more violently than ever, the lightning being often vivid ; the distance of the 

 thunder-clouds being from ^ of a mile to 5 miles. The magnets have been nearly stationary since 

 the storm began ; this fixedness of their positions during thunder-storms has been observed three 

 times now. 



10 20 — 11 5. 20'*. Scud. 23'*. Hazy clouds and loose cumuli, principally on horizon. 2'*. Loose cumuli 



moving quickly : linear cirri and loose cin-o-cumuli above stationary. 5'*. Cumuli moving quickly : 

 a few patches of matted cirri above, apparently stationary. 



11 20 — 12 5. Scud. 20'*. Clouds moving quickly : to the E. there is a large bank of bluish-gray clouds 



stationary. 2'*. Sky on NE. horizon. 



12 20 — 13 5. 20**. Misty scud, very low and moving very quickly : a great quantity of matted and woolly 



cirrous clouds above ; the scud is so thin that the cirrous clouds can be often seen through it. 

 23'*. Nearly as before, but the sky is more in detached patches. 2'*. Loose cumuli moving quickly : 

 above are fine mottled, vertebrated, etched, reticulated, and hazy cirri. 5'*. Loose cumuli, as 

 before, but more hazy : cirrous clouds and cumuli stationary : great banks of dense cirro-strati. 



14 20 — 15 5. 20'*. Thin scud : pectinated cirri above ; the fibres of the cirri pointing NNW. and E. ; the cirri 



appear to have a sort of leeway to E. or SE. : a few cirro-cumuli. 23'*. Hazy and flame cirri, some 

 pointing NW., and some pointing SW. : hazy cirri to NW., from which spring the greater portion 

 of the flame cirri : a few cumuli on horizon, and scud rising from SW. 2'*. Cumuli : cirri above, 

 lying in two directions ; the flame cirri rising from WNW., and linear cirri pointing NNE. and 

 NW. ; the cirri are gathered together in some places into little foamy patches : very electric-look- 

 ing to S. : frequently the quantity of clouds is only seven-tenths. 5'*. Cumuli and cirro-strati to 

 W : thick cirrous haze and patches of scud to S. and SE. : cirri of various kinds to the E. : cirro- 

 strati and piles of white cumuli beyond : haze and cirri lying in different directions : cirri lying 

 chiefly from NE. to SW. and SE. to NW. : scud. 



15 20 — 16 5. 20'*. Loose cumuli: a kind of cirro-cumuli above stationary. 23'*. Loose cumuli: sky on 



NE. horizon. 2'*. Loose cumuli, much detached and moving very slowly : sky all in little patches. 

 5'*. Scud : patches of sky on NE. horizon. 



16 20 — 17 5. 20'* — 23'*. Homogeneous: a tendency to break at 23'*, 2'*. A few patches of scud moving 



rather quickly : linear cirri above. 5'*. Cumuli : large cirro-cumuli and linear cirri. 



