130 EEMAEKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 



OCTOBER. 



to NE., very gray ; like a volcano burning in one place : linear cirri to S. : sky rather indescrib- 

 able : most of the scud cirrous. 23^. Vertebrated cirri lying N, and S. : cumuli to NW. and SE. : 

 masses of cirrous scud and loose cumuli to W. 2"^. Loose cumuli : fine woven or reticulated cirri, 

 the thickest lines lying N. and S. : cirrous haze to E. : woolly cirri in zenith becoming cirro-cumuli 



d h (1 h in some places : wind varying. 5^. Cirro-cumulous scud : a kind of woolly cirri seen above. 



28 20 — 29 5. 20^. Loose cirro-cumuli on horizon from N., round by E. to S. 23^. Cirro-strati to E. : linear cirri 

 to W., like circles crossing in long arches from NNE. to WSW. 2^. The sky to W. covered with 

 cirri so close as almost to become haze ; the structure is well seen to E., where there are fine hollow 

 lines concave to N., with a foamy kind of line at right angles moving from NNW. ; these lines are 

 less distinct and lower than the first, being like bundles of woolly cirri : a few patches of cumuli to 

 E., and cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 5^. Loose cirro-cumuli, like scud, covering six-tenths of the 

 sky : linear cirri and cirrous haze above : cirro-strati to S. 



30 20 — 31 5. 20*^. Large loose cirro-cumuli, which become a sort of sandy-like cirrous cloud round horizon. 



23^^. Cirro-cumuli and cirrous haze above : loose cumuli and scud below : the cirro-cumuli largest 

 in zenith : patches of small cirro-cumuli in the haze to S. 2". Hazy : cirrous clouds highest, 

 rippled, like sand on the sea-shore : cirro-stratous scud ; some of the cirrous clouds are cirro-cumu- 

 lous ; a general grayish-blue appearance. 5*^. Hazy cirri : scud below : the clouds have aU sorts 

 of colours, grayish-blue, deep blue, orange, red, white, &c. : vertebrated cirri : a range of cumulus, 

 extending about 50° along E. horizon, like a long pillar lying on its side. 



31 20 — 31 23. 20*^. Smoky scud from WSW. : another current of scud higher from N. by W. : beautiful cirri 



highest from about W. ; the cirrus is mottled, woolly, and linear, some of it like swan-down. 

 23*^. Loose irregular ciiTO-cumuli : cirro-strati to N. and S. : cumuli of different kinds to E. : 

 cirrous haze to N. 



NOVEMBER. 



1 2 — 1 5. 2^. Loose cirro-cumuli : cirrous haze to N. : cirro-strati and loose cumulo-strati to N. and NE. 



5^. Cirrous cirro-cumuli, coloured gray, fringed with red ; thick to E. and S., where they assume 

 a stratified form. 



1 20 — 2 5. 20*^. Thin ragged scud, apparently touching the ground about three miles distant : cirri seen 



above. 23''. Scud ; neither so thin nor so low as at 20**. 2^. Scud moving very slowly : sky on 

 E. and SE. horizon ; occasionally patches in zenith. 5*^. Scud ; motion very slow : cirrous clouds 

 are now seen where the sky was at 2''. 



2 20 — 3 5. 20*^. Scud. 23''. Cumulo-strati and large loose cirro-cumuli, both dropping a little rain ; the 



cumulo-strati lowest. 2^. Loose cumuli. 5^. Scud round horizon, principally to E., in long 

 strata descending in showers : cirro-cumulous patches crossing the zenith : the sky quite gray. 



3 20 — 4 5. 20'\ Cirro-cumulous scud, with masses of it and heavy gray cumuli round horizon ; to the N. 



they are like a gray curtain ; to the S. some of the cumuli have cirrous crowns, forming nimbi ; 

 and some of the cumuli tops are now tipped with red. 23*^. Piles of cumulo-strati on horizon ; 

 nimbi to SE. and S., crowned with cirrus : small patches of scud : showers occasionally : the ex- 

 tremity of a rainbow seen within 100 yards. 2''. Beautiful cumulo-strati and cirrous-crowned 

 nimbi, principally near horizon : loose cirro-cumuli in zenith : shower of small hail about an hour 

 ago : showers every half-hour : wind varying. 5^. Large masses of loose cumuli and nimbi : 

 shower to E. approaching, — here in five minutes. 



4 20 — 5 5. 20*^. A sort of loose cirro-cumuli and scud, falling in rain in many places, and here occasionally : 



a few fine cirro-cumuli seen above. 23*^. Nimbi dropping like pencils : a sort of cirro-cumulous 

 disposition of cloud : showers around : extremities of rainbows seen occasionally : the quantity of 

 clouds often more or less : light shower of the most minute drops. 2*^. Scud and nimbi : smart 

 shower of very fine rain : large cirro-cumuli above : very dark to W. and N. 6^. Scud, cumuli, 

 and nimbi : sky quite hazy to E. : about 10° above the E. point of the horizon is a large patch of 

 flesh-red : showers. 



6 20 — 7 5. 20^*. Cirro-cumulous scud : rain to S. 23''. Nearly as before ; sky on NW. horizon : sunshine 



occasionally. 2^. Thicker than at 23'' ; no sunshine. 5''. Loose or ragged cirro-cumuli moving 

 from SSW. ; a little ago from SSE. 1 : sky on S. horizon, where it is white ; red to E. : snow on 

 Cheviot. 



7 20 — 8 5. 20''. Cirrous and loose cirro-cumuli : sky very calm : linear cirri : the sky almost covered with 



