Observations, Januaey 11 — 18. 1843. 89 



Species of Clouds, &c. 



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20. Linear cirri pointing NNE. and SSW., cirrous haze. 



22. Patches of mottled cirri •)- cirri as before, but so thick to S. that the sun's rays project hut a faint shadow, a line of small cumulo-stratus to N. 



0. Tliick cirrous clouds to SE., fine curl, woolly, and linear cirri, the latter pointing N. and S. ? 



2. Flame, woolly and reticulated cirri, the latter pointing N. by E. and S. by W., cirrous clouds and cumuli 



4. Woolly cirri ; cirro-strati and cumuli on NE, horizon. [on horizon. 



6. A few linear cirri to E. pointing N. and S. 



8. Quite clear. 

 10. Id. 



20. Snowing. The wind has been very high during the night, but the vane of the Anemometer has been frozen up ; the present force might he esti- 

 22. Sleet. [mated at about 5 lbs. 



0. Scud •»— thick cirrous clouds, very hazy to E. ; sky in patches to SW. 

 2. Homogeneous, except a few cumuli to S. 

 4. Beginning to snow. 

 6. Scud. 

 8. Id. 

 10. Id. ; occasional patches of sky. 



20. Scud •»- cirrous clouds to E. 



22. Woolly and contorted cirri ; snowing to N. and E. ? surface of the ground freezing. 



0. Woolly cu-ri -i- fine linear cirri pointing WNW., cumulo-cirrous clouds. 



2. Id. -t- id. id. 



4. Id. ; loose cumuli on NE. horizon, cirrous scud to S. ; sky red to N. and NE. 



6. Id. ; linear cirri to W. lying N. and S., haze to S. 



8. Thin woolly cirri. 



10. Thin cirrous clouds on horizon ; beautifully clear evening. 



18. Dark woolly-like clouds. 



20. Eaining since 18'^ 30" scud ; sky to NE. and SE. 



22. Scud -f— cirrous clouds and loose cumuli to S. and on NE. horizon. 



0. Thin scud •*— woolly-edged cumuli. 



2. Loose cumuli on N. horizon, woolly cirri and woolly-edged cumuli to S. 



4. Patches of scud h— loose cumuli to N., cumulo-strati to S. 



6. Scud, clearing off rapidly. 



8. Woolly cirri, a range of cumulo-strati to SE. 

 10. A smaU patch of woolly cirrus to SE. 



18. Clouds homogeneous. 



20. Id. 



22. Scud, moving rapidly ; light rain. 



0. Id. [of rain. 



2. Loose strings of scud, very low and moving rapidly : thick scud, slowly -t- cirrous clouds ; occasional drops 



4. Thin scud : thick scud -h- cirrous clouds ; large banks of white clouds to SE. ; clouds blue to E. 



6. Scud -i— cumulo-strati to S. 



8. Scud and cirrous clouds. 

 10. Scud. Wind in gusts. 



18. Scud. 



1^0. Cirri chiefly linear. A coloured lunar corona, the innermost colour is a hlnish-'white of about 2 diameters in breadth, next yellow of J diameter, 

 next a brownish or reddish colour of f diameter, next light-blue IJ diameter ; the corona becomes elliptical, the major axis lying in the 

 direction of the linear cirri which are probably a principal cause of it; red is afterwards seen to the outside of the blue and the inner 

 red becomes yellowish or orange : the appearance of the clouds is very strange, the mass of clouds from the zenith to the SE. is a kind of 

 cirro-cumuli, all which, in a radius of 30° from the SE. is intensely red; the clouds over the whole sky are more or less tinged with red. 



22. Scud : cirro-cumuli and woolly cirri -i-linear cirri to E. pointing N. by W., masses of loose cumuli on E. horizon, cumulo-strati to N. 



0. Cirrous scud, mottled, linear, speckled, and contorted cirri, large woolly cirro-cumuli, the clouds have a 



strange appearance, the scud seems spreading out into a sort of cirro-cumuli and mottled cirro-strati. 

 2. Scud -I- woolly, mottled, and striated cirri lying E. to W., loose cumuli on E. horizon, cumuli-strati to N. 



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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 



