REMARKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 129 



OCTOBER. 



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12 20 — 13 5. 20'*. Linear cirri to NE, : a thick bank to E. : mist rising from the ground : the ground covered 



with hoar-frost. 23'*. Various kinds of cirrus. 2**. Very fine linear cirri and other varieties. 

 5**. Cirri of almost every kind, but chiefly linear ; very thick to N. 



13 20 — 14 5. 20''. Scud, dropping the slightest possible rain: sky on NE. horizon. 23'*. Scud or loose 



cumuli : linear cirri above. 2**. Loose-edged cumuli and cumulo-strati : woolly and linear cirri 

 above. 5'*. Cirro-cumulous scud, becoming cirro-strati to E. : cirrous haze and linear cirri cover 

 about three-tenths of the sky : large loose-edged cumuli rising in W. 



14 20 — 15 5. 20'*. Cirro-cumulous scud assuming the form of cirro-strati to S. and E. 23'*. Detached patches 



of loose cumuli, the greater part on S. horizon. 2**. Two currents of loose-edged cumuli and cumulo- 

 strati. 5'*. Loose cumuli to S., like large cirro-cumuli, which near the zenith become small. 



16 20 — 17 5, 20** — 23**. Nearly homogeneous. 2"*. A little more broken : scud: cumuli to N. 5'*. A loose 



sort of cirro-cumuli highest, and in N. half of the sky : in the S. is a great mass of scud : rain 

 to SE. 



17 20 — 18 5. 20**. From NNE. round by S. to SSW. is a mass of thick woolly feathery cirrus, radiating from 



SSE., reaching to NE., where there are cirro-strati ; the feathers appear to move round their centres ; 

 on the horizon are watery-looking cumuli, then the thick cirrus, which becomes grajiually thinner to 

 near the zenith. 23'*. Detached loose cumuli : cirrous haze to SE. and NNW. ; the linear cirri 

 still radiating from SSE. 2**. Loose detached cumuli : cirrous haze on SSE. and N. horizon : 

 wind varying. 5'*. Rain for half-an-hour : very dark, especially to W. : a sort of hazy cloud : 

 wind in gusts, sometimes to 3 or 4. 



18 20 — 19 5. 20'*. Clouds clearing off rapidly ; a few minutes ago the quantity was eighth-tenths : thin scud : 



a kind of cirro-cumuli higher : cumuli to N. 23** — 2'*. Loose detached cumuli. 5'*. Loose 

 cumuli round horizon. 



19 10 — 20 10. 10'*. Linear and woolly cirri : cumuli on horizon. 11'* — 12'*. Cumuli on horizon. 13** — 14'*. 



Clear. 1 5'* — 1 6'*. Lunar corona having the colours of the spectrum ; outer radius about 5° : a 

 few cumuli on NE. horizon. 17'*. As before, but no clouds. 18'*. A few clouds on E. horizon : 

 slight corona: very clear. 19'*. Clear. 20'* — 21'*. Heavy cumuli on E. horizon. 22'*. Beautiful 

 cumuli on E. horizon : cirro-cumuli in zenith. 23'*. Loose cumuli and cirro-cumuli : beautifully 

 pinnacled cumuli on E. horizon, which have been stationary since the eai'liest twilight. 0'*. Cumuli 

 scattered in small portions all round the horizon. 1'*. Cumuli and cumulo-strati round horizon. 

 2'* — 6'*. Cumuli and cumulo-strati, principally on horizon. 7'* — 10'*. Cumuli on E. horizon. 



20 20 — 21 5. 20'* — 23**. Cumulo-stratus on E. horizon, as there was all the previous day : linear cirri. 2'*. 



Cumuli on horizon : loose cumuli. 5'*. Loose cumuli or scud : woolly cirri above : cumuli on E. 

 horizon. 



21 20 — 22 5. 20'*. Rather heavy rain. 23'*. Loose cirro-cumuli and a few patches of scud. 2**. Woolly cirri, 



becoming a kind of cirro-cumuli ; linear cirri and cirrous haze in some places : loose cumuli. 5'*. 

 Scud, very low and moving quickly : hazy clouds : sky stormy-like : a cloud like black cirrus is 

 spread over much of the sky, it moves very little. 



23 20 — 24 5. 20'*. Scud: haze above "? SS**. Loose cumuli and a sort of cirrous cloud becoming cirro-cumuli 



on the edges, all to E. 2'*. Loose cumuli lying round the horizon. 5'*. Cumuli on horizon, a few 

 linear cirri to W. 



24 20 — 25 5. 20'*. Cumuli on N. and E. horizon : linear cirri to S. 23'*. Strange appearance, as if the 



clouds reached the ground, like a ragged curtain spotted unequally with black : patch of green sky 

 to E. : snow to S. 1 2'*. Nearly as at 23**, but the tint more uniformly gray : snow on Cheviot : 

 snowing at 3'*. 5'*. As before, but patches of detached scud seen in the grayish haze : a few drops 

 of rain : snowing at 4'*. 



25 20 — 26 5. 20'*. A sort of loose cumuli arranged like cirro-cumuli : cumuli on horizon : ground covered with 



a thin coat of snow. 23'*. Snow. 2'*. Sleet till within a few minutes : scud : cirrous haze seen 

 above : wind varying. 5**. Scud ; some of it very low : the sky covered with a thin cloud. 



26 20 — 27 5. 20'*. Loose cirro-cumuli from N. : scud very low from about W., some from N., but all moving 



very slowly : mixed cirri seen very low, with a dark cloud above the scud : cumulo-strati to S., 

 cirro-cumulous on the edges. 23'*. Highest clouds woolly cirri, linear in some places : loose scud : 

 sky stormy-like. 2'*. Cumulous scud to S. and N. : a kind of cirrous cloud above : like rain to E., 

 occasional drops here : a few patches of sky. 5'*. Scud : cirrous clouds above : light rain : wind 

 varying from SSW. to NNW. 



27 20 — 28 5. 20'*. Scud, like small cumuli : a kind of cirrous cloud below a great mass of scud : watery cumuli 



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