REMARKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842, 131 



NOVEMBER. 



a cirrous cloud, which it is difficult to distinguish from sky. 23'^. Cirrous clouds : fine cirro- 

 cumuli : thick cirrous haze, having cum ulous' heads to E. : the sun's rays project a faint shadow on 

 paper. 2^. Cumulo-strati over two-tenths of sky : cumuli : linear and mottled cirri and cirrous 

 haze : cirrous haze on E. horizon ; its formation of linear cirri becoming evident at about 15° alti- 

 tude. 5*^. Cumulous scud : cumulo-strati and cirro-strati to E., with a bluish-black cirrous haze : 

 d h d h beautiful ranges of cumulo-strati about an hour ago : sky hazy. 



8 20 — 9 5. 20'' — 2''. Light rain : clouds moving rapidly : wind settling at 2*^ : calm at 3'^. 6^. Cumulous 



scud : sky to S. hazy : a patch of red to N. : nearly calm, but occasionally gusts. 



9 20 — 10 5. 20*^. Linear cirri to SE. : a httle hoar-frost on the ground. 23''. Fine cirro-cumuli and linear 



cirri ; the linear cirri so fine as almost to be haze, occupying about 2-|- tenths of sky to S. ; the cirro- 

 cumuli lowest and moving slowly : a mass of cirro-cumuli to NW. 2''. Cirrous haze : scud below. 

 6^. Thick cirrous haze. 



10 20 — 11 5, 20''. Light rain: very thick and dark. 23'' — 2''. Scud: breaking up a little, and a slight 



shower at 2'', 5''. Clouds nearly homogeneous : a little foggy. 



11 20 — 12 5. 20''. The clouds have rather a broken appearance, moving very slowly : light mist. 23''. Clouds 



broken, and rather cirro-cumulous ; motion very slow. 2''. Scud, like cedar branches : cirro-cumuli 

 seen above with cirrous haze : wind rising. 5''. Scud : cirro-cumuli above. 



13 20 — 14 5. 20''. Loose cirro-cumuli : cumuli on NE. horizon : cirro-strati to N. : slight cirrous haze : sky 

 red to W. 23''. Large loose cirro-cumuli : cumulo-strati on E. horizon : snow on the Cheviots. 

 2''. A fine range of cumulo-strati on E. horizon : a few small cumuli and linear cirri to S. 5''. 

 Linear cirri, becoming haze, radiating from W., and apparently covering the whole sky, as the por- 

 tion considered sky is whitish ; the moon has a corona of the breadth of its own diameter round it : 

 cumuli on E. horizon, where the haze is bluish-black. 



14 20 — 15 5. 20''. Scud and loose cumulo-strati ; cirro-cumuli above : the scud creeps along the S. horizon : 

 most beautiful and small cirro-cumuli seen at 22'', lying in strata from E. to W. 23''. Cirro-cumuli, 

 but not so fine and distinct as before : loose cumuli moving quickly, much lower than the cirro- 

 cumuli : snowing to E. and N. : some of the fine cirro-cumuli like foam zigzagged. 2''. Cumulo- 

 strati and scud : woolly cirri above, reaching from SE. to WNW., and moving very slowly : cumulo- 

 strati on N. and E. horizon ; much of the cirri flamed and linear, some of it mottled : snow twice 

 or thrice since last observation ; very mealy, and not coherent. 5''. Mottled and loose cirrous clouds : 

 scud : below the cirrous clouds are others like scud swept with a broom, radiating from WSW. in 

 large pencils ; it looks very strange ; these clouds seem as if blown from the WSW., and seem 

 to spread or move from it. 



15 20 — 16 5. 20''. Scud, &c., moving very slowly. 23''. Scud : cirrous haze or fine linear cirri over two- 



tenths of the sky : snow on Cheviots, and clouds resting on their tops. 2''. Almost as before : a 

 few more patches of pure sky : the wind rose at 23'' 30'" : blowing from ENE. 5''. As before ; 

 wind in gusts. 



16 20 — 17 5. 20''. A bloated mass : snow on Cheviots. 23''. As before : the clouds opening a little, having 



a sort of cirro-cumulous disposition : small patches of sky : motion of clouds very slow. 2''. Loose 

 cirro-cumulous cumuli : cirri. 5''. As at 23''. 



17 20 — 18 5. 20''. Cirro-cumuli, which lie in ranges from NNW. to SSE., moving from about WNW. : cirro- 



strati to E. : the sky almost covered with cirrous haze. 23''. Scud, covering nearly the S. half of 

 the sky ; above it fine linear cirri, covering nearly the whole sky, radiating from NW. ; some 

 patches of cirro-cumuli still remain, the cirri becoming haze in many places : wind rising. 2''. 

 Nearly as before ; three-tenths of scud, the rest cirrous haze, and a sort of mottled cirri. 5'', Nearly 

 all scud, although the sky is covered with a slight cirrous haze ; Jupiter is seen through an opening 

 in the clouds at an altitude of about 10°. 



18 20 — 19 5. 20''. Thick mist : light sprinkling of snow on the ground : mist falling like the finest light rain. 



23''. A kind of haze or hazy cloud : not the slightest breath of wind. 2''. Loose cumuli and 

 cumulo-strati : some mottled cirri above : cumuli on horizon : the air remarkably humid : every 

 thing covered with moisture : the atmosphere not very transparent. 5''. Heavy black cumuli and 

 scud : some cumuli very low : a few patches of sky : the sky has a strange appearance. 

 20 20 — 21 5. 20''. Scud : pinnacled cumuli on NE. horizon : a few minutes ago the sky was quite overcast. 

 23''. Loose and well-defined cumuli : fine linear cirri becoming haze : rain or snow to SE. 2''. 

 Cirrous haze or linear cirri, covering the greater "part of the sky, lying in strata to S. from ENE. 

 to WSW : fine pinnacled cumulo-strati on horizon from N. to SE. : snow on Cheviots. 5''. As 



