Obseevations, April 25 — May 2. 1843. 121 



Species of Clouds, &c. 



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50. Patches of cirrous scud -i— cirrous clouds and haze on E. horizon ; cumuli on S. and SE. horizon. W 



12. Cirrous-edged cumuli and cumulo-strati. B 



0. Many cumuli ■*— nimbi to E. and SE. F 



2. Scud and loose-edged cumuli ; a smart shower of hail lately. W 



4. Scud -I— cumuli near horizon ; woolly cirri to SE. ; most of the sky covered with a thick milky haze. W 



6. Scud 4— thick cirrous haze ; cumuli near horizon ; light rain. W 



8. Id. ^ id.; sky to NW. B 



0. Scud? B 



8. Clear ; cirro-strati on S. and E. horizon. W 



!0. Cirro-cumulous scud to E. Thermometer in the sun 77°. W 



Loose-edged cumuli. B 



Id. B 



Id. ^ B 



Loose cumuli •*— cirrous clouds to W. [on horizon. W 



Scud and loose-edged cumuli -i— mottled cirri and cirro-cumiili to W. ; cumulo-strati to E. and SE. ; haze W 



Cirro-cumulous scud -i— cirrous haze ; sky stormy-like. B 



0. Nearly as at 8*^, more scud. B 



Scud +- sky covered with a thick milky mass of clouds ; a few drops of rain. W 



Id. -1— thick cirrous haze above. W 



Id. ; light rain. B 



Id.; id. B 



Id.; id. B 



Id.; id. W 



Scud and loose cumuli +- patches of cirri to S. ; cirro-strati to NE. W 



Cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, and mottled cirri. B 



0. Cirro-cumulous scud, with which the sky was suddenly covered about half an hour ago. B 



8. Masses of mottled and diffuse cirri and cirro-cumuli ; thick mass of cirro-strati and haze near the horizon. A parhelion to the S. of the sun ; 

 it is of about the same size, and at the same altitude as the sun, but soon becomes elongated like a portion of a halo ; the side nearest the 



sun is orange and the other greenish-yellow. -rrr 



Patches of scud, moving along N. and S. horizon -t— woolly and diffuse cirri and cirrous haze. W 



Many cirro-cumuli to E. -i- masses of scud, twisting and moving in all directions ; linear cirri to W. ; cumuli and cumulo-strati on N. and S. horizon. B 



Scud and cumuli -f— linear and reticulated cirri, becoming cirrous haze. B 



Patches of loose cumuli and scud ■*- sky covered with cirrous haze ; the cirri at l*" were cymoid and moved from S. B 



Mottled cirri and cirro-cumuli, cirrous haze ; scud moving along E. horizon. W 



Two currents of scud -«— cirro-cumuli. " W 



A dense mass of cirro-stratus and haze. B 



Scotch mist. B 



3. Linear and mottled cirri ; thick fog ; much hoar-frost. B 



0. Woolly, mottled, woven and curled cirri pointing from E. B 



2. Woolly and reticulated cirri, linear cirri to E. and N. ; masses of fleecy cirrous clouds to W. ; cirrous haze near horizon. "V^T 



J. Thin woolly and striated cirri, lying from ENE. to SSW. ; thick cirrous haze to N. and E. W 



2. Woolly and curled cirri ; a band of curled cirri stretching across the sky from E. by N. to W. by S. ; cirrous haze on N. and E. hori^on. W^ 



1. Cirrous haze near horizon ; patches of woolly cirri. W 



3. Cirri, scattered over the sky in all directions. B 

 ?. Woolly and reticulated cirri ; cirrous haze on horizon. W 

 J. Clear ; a streak of cirro-stratus to N. W 



1. Woolly and woven cirri to ESE. ; thick fog rising from the hollows ; heavy dew. B 



). Long lines of flame-like cirri like long feathers ; the flame-like cirii rising from a midrib which points from ESE., the cirri pointing from NNE, B 



2. Chiefly woolly and striated cirri ; sheets of woolly cirri to W. and S., near horizon. W 

 ). Beautiful flame-like cirri. W 



Flame-like cirri, more curled, woolly cirri ; scud and haze on E. horizon. W 



MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2 H 



