Observations, Maech 30 — Apeil 6. 1843. 113 



Species of Clouds, &c. 



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20. Scud -t— cumuli on NE. horizon. 



22. Cirrous scud -t— linear cirri to E. lying N. and S. ; clouds very thick to S. 



0. Large masses of loose cumuli. 



2, Loose scud : cirrous scud -t— linear cirri to W. pointing N. by E. ; cumuli to S. 



4. Scud. 



6. Id. 



8. Loose scud, very low •*— cirrous scud. 

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18. Loose scud. 



20. Id. -1— cirrous haze ; cumulo-strati on horizon. 



22. Patches of scud -•— a dense mass of cirro-stratus. 



0. As before, but more scud. 



2. Id. id. 



4. Scud ; dense cirro-stratus ; raining. 



6. Loose scud -t— loose ciimuli to N. and E. 



8. Id. -»— cirrous clouds. 



10. Light rain. 



18. Cirro-cumulous scud, the lower portion moving quickly ; sky milky. 

 20. Scud : large banks of thick cirrous clouds to W. 

 22. Masses of scud and loose cumuli. 



0. Id. -)- fine woolly cirri to NE. lying WNW. to ESE. ; cirrous haze to SW. and S. 



2. Loose cumuli -t— woolly and mottled cirri and fine cirro-cumuli mostly lying WNW. to ESE. 



4. Masses of loose cumulo-strati : cirrous clouds of all kinds moving slowly. 



6. Cumulo-strati to NE., patches moving across the zenith -i— chiefly Imear and woolly cirri. 



8. Diffuse cirri to W., woolly cirri, patches of cirro-strati to N. 



10. Cirrous clouds and haze near horizon. r, 



[hazy. 



18. Masses of scud, moving quickly : thick patches of cirro-cumulous and cirro-stratus clouds stationary ; sky 



10. Large detached masses of scud, very low and moving quickly : thick woolly cu-ri moving slowly ; the cirri 



are of diiferent kinds, lying in strata, in sheets, and becoming haze ; the highest probably stationary. 



12. Masses of loose cumuli to N., cirrous scud •*- thick mass of cirrous clouds, stationary. 



0. Scud +- cirrous haze to E. 



2. Scud +- thick mass of cirrous clouds ; sky nearly covered with cirrous haze. 



4. As before ; light rain. 



6. Low patches of scud -t— thick cirrous clouds, stationary. 



8. Scud. 



.0. Raining. 



.8. Two currents of scud, the lower detached patches, the upper a thick extended mass ; a few drops of rain ; it has been raining heavily lately. 



to. Nearly as before. 



12. Scud -t— cirrous clouds and haze. 



0. Masses of loose cumuli +- cirrous haze. 



2. Id. id. ; less scud. 



4. Id. id. ; cirrous haze stationary. 



6. Loose scud -i— large woolly cirro-cumuli, stationary ; loose cumuli and cirro-strati on horizon. 



8. Cumuli and cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 



0. Clear. 



|8. Loose scud -t— Avoolly cirri tinged with red ; cumulo-strati to E. 

 |0. Scud .f— cirro-strati. 



Id. -I— thick cirrous clouds ; light rain. 



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 i. Id. -t— cirrous haze ; cumuli on horizon. 



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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 



