REMARKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 127 



SEPTEMBER. 



sun's rays project a pretty distinct shadow. 2^. Nearly as before : haze more above horizon : 

 d h d li large cirro-cumuli ; a few patches of sky. 5*^. Haze: linear cirri : cumuli, 



1 6 20 — 1 7 5. 20*^. Cumuli or scud : cumuli and cirro-cumuli to E., lying like islands in the ocean : haze on horizon. 

 23*^. Linear cirri generally becoming haze : scud moving rapidly : cumuli on horizon : the sky has 

 a troubled appearance. 2*^. Scud : light rain. 5^. Loose cumuli and cirro-cumuli from S by W. : 

 cumulous scud, sailing low from W by S., and three times quicker than the clouds above ; it is rather 

 curious that the highest clouds move in the same direction as the wind on the surface, while the 

 lower clouds are from W by S. ; these motions are most evident, as the clouds are considerably 

 detached. 



18 20 — 19 5. 20'' — 23''. Scud. 2''. Loose cumuli; the current from NNW. just disappeared, the upper 

 current from WSW. 5''. Cumuli and loose cirro-cumuli from SSE. 



19 20 — 20 5. 20''. Linear cirri to NE. : cirro-cumuli to W. : cumuli and scud to S. 23''. Cumuli on horizon : 

 cirrous haze on E. horizon. 2''. Loose-edged cumuli : cirrous haze to E. : wind rising. 5''. De- 

 tached cumuli moving slowly : linear cirri to NE. 



20 19 — 20 23. 19''. A homogeneous mass of clouds: light mist. 20\ As at 19'' : heavy mist : rain at 20'' 30"". 

 21''. Clouds homogeneous : smart shower. 22''. Scud ; some patches moving very slowly from 

 about N., some seen to S. moving nearly from W. : light rain. 23''. Rain clouds : scud rising 

 from about E. and N. : sky on E. and S. horizon : black to N. : smart shower : the sun shining 

 through thin cirrous clouds : the rain clouds are not observed to move : the scud only appears to 

 move from between N. and E. 



21 — 21 23. 0''. Low detached patches of scud rather quickly from NNW. : large cirro-cumuli to N., very 

 slowly from about W. : cirrous clouds highest, and apparently stationary : cumuli on E. and N. 

 horizon : the scud has two motions, the upper current from N., the lower from WNW., so that it 

 has the appearance of foam on a whirlpool ; in a few minutes some patches are moving from NNE. ; 

 these are the principal motions, but some patches are seen moving from SSE., and at 0'' IS'" some 

 remain stationary. 1''. Cumuli and scud, the latter from NNE., S.W., and WNW., the same 

 eddying of the currents as at 0** ; they sometimes stop about the zenith and change their course ; 

 the lowest and most powerful current is from NNE. 2''. Loose and other cumuli from about NE. : 

 cumulo-strati on horizon. 3''. Scud from S. and from N., but changing the direction every few 

 minutes : cumuli round horizon ; the principal motion is from S. ; sometimes the upper clouds are 

 from S., sometimes the lower ; they are sometimes from E. : linear cirri to SW. : flame cirri 

 highest, radiating and moving from S. to N. 4''. Scud from N by E. and from NE. : cirro-cumuli 

 above, very slowly from S. 5''. Loose cirro-cumuli from NW., better defined and stationary above ; 

 some moving from SSE. slowly : cumuli round horizon, which to N. are gray and watery-looking. 

 6^. Scud and large loose cirro-cumuli ; the motions are so small, that it is impossible to determine 

 them : cumuli round horizon. 6'' 30"". Thin scud from NW. : thunder heard to S. 7'". Cirro- 

 cumuli in zenith : scud on horizon, motion very small, apparently from NE. 8''. Principally cirro- 

 cumuli. 9''. Cirro-cumuli to E. : heavy cumuli to W. : clear on S. horizon. 10''. Cirro-cumuli 

 in zenith : cumuli on horizon : black to SW. 11'' — 16''. Scud and loose cirro-cumuli : cumuli on 

 NE. horizon at 15''. 17**. Large cirro-cumuli and cumuli. 18''. Scud : cirrous haze above. 

 19 — 20''. Scud from NE. lowest, the highest from SSE. : several patches of sky seen, but covered 

 with thin cirrous haze. 21''. Principally cirrous haze : the sky has a film of linear cirri over it : 

 a few patches of scud quickly from N. and very low. 22''. Scud. 23''. Heavy clouds on horizon : 

 clouds breaking up. 



!22 — 22 10. 0''. Heavy clouds on horizon : clouds breaking, l** — 2''. Principally cirrous haze : scud from 

 N. : the sun's rays project a faint shadow. 3'' — 4''. Cirrous haze : scud and cumuli : a few drops 

 of rain at 4''. 6^. — 6^. Rain. 7''. Scud : light showers. 8''. Ceased raining. 9''. Smart 

 shower. 10''. Heavy rain. 



22 20 — 23 5. 20''. Scud : occasionally drops of rain : patches of sky. 23''. Loose cumuli and scud, the scud 

 lowest and quickest. 2''. Scud : cumuli : cirrous-like clouds highest. 5''. As at 23''. 



23 20 — 24 5. Scud. 20''. Moderately heavy rain. 23''. Heavy rain. 2''. Breaking : wind just risen : occa- 

 sional peeps of sky. 5''. Large cirro-cumuli seen above the scud. 



25 20 — 26 6. 20''. Thin scud, which scarcely obscures the sky and the higher clouds : light rain. 23'' — 2''. 

 Scud : dense fine rain (Scotch mist). 5''. Scud : like buttermilk to N. : gray cumuli on N. horizon, 

 moving along towards W. 



26 20 — 27 5. 20''. Scud and loose cumuli moving very slowly : sky to NW. : nimbi to E. 23''. Loose 



