134 REMARKS ON THE WEATHER. 1842. 



DECEMBER. 



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26 20 — 27 5, 20"^. Clouds lying in a belt from S. to NE. : above NE. horizon, cirro-strati. 23''. Mixed and 



linear cirri : cumuli on Cheviot. 2^. Scud from W by N., and on Cheviot : a few patches of cirri 

 to E. 5^. Scud and loose cumuli. 



27 20 — 28 5. 20^^. Cirrous clouds. 23**. A few patches of cumuli and scud on Cheviot. 2^. Sky nearly 



covered by fine linear cirri : cumuli, &c. on Cheviot, b^. Sky covered with cirrous clouds : prin- 

 cipally fine linear cirri, which now seem almost haze. 



28 20 — 29 5. 20^ — 23^. Scud : light rain : raining heavily to E. at 23^. 2''. To the S. a large mass of loose 



cumulo -stratus : patches of scud : masses of linear cirri. 6^. Scud and cirrous clouds : thick masses 

 of cirrous clouds to E. 



29 20 — 30 5. 20^ — 23^ Scud. 2^ Scud: linear cirri, &c. above. 5^ Very thin scud: very black to S. : 



cirri seen about : wind varying. 



30 20 — 31 5. 20^. Scud. 23**. Loose cumuli : cumuli on SE. horizon : a few rather large cirro-cumuli : 



woolly cirrous clouds : portion of a rainbow seen. 2K Long strata of wooUy cirri, lying from WNW., 

 moving from W by N., covering the greater part of the sky ; a clear space to N. : much linear 

 and reticulated cirri : cirri thickest to S. : cumuli on N. horizon. 6^. Cirri of different kinds, 

 becoming haze to S. : cumuli on NE. and SW. horizon. 





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