Obseevations, May 2—8. 1843. 123 



Species of Clouds, &c. 



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4. Flame and mottled cirri to W. ; a bank of scud and haze on E. horizon. W 



6. Flame-liko and woolly cirri and cirro-strati to W. ; scud and haze on E. horizon. B 



8. Scud, homogeneous. W 



0. Id., id. W 



8. Thick fog. B 



lO. Fog clearing off. B 



Two currents of scud. W 



Patches of loose cumuli on S. horizon ; haze on E. horizon. W 



Detached masses of scud and loose cumuli on N. and S. horizon ; masses of mottled cirri to W. W 



Cumulo-stratus to S. and a thick sheet of cirro-cumuli to SW. B 



Id. id. . W 



Id. ; patches of cirri to SSW. W 



Patches of cirrous clouds to W. ; haze and clouds on S, and SE. horizon. W 



Very thin cirrous haze, principally on E. horizon, B 



Cirro-strati to E. W 



2. Cirrous clouds, chiefly cirro-cumuli -j— cirrous haze to S. and E. ; cumuli on N. horizon. W 



0. Woolly cirri and cirro-cumuli -s— cirrous haze ; ranges of cumuli on N. horizon. W 



Scud and loose-edged cumuli h— masses of cirrous clouds and haze. B 



Masses of cumuli in haze ; sky stormy-like. , W 



Scud and loose cumuli ; a few drops of rain. W 



Id. W 



Scud. W 



Masses ofscud, moving quickly -i—cumulo-strati on NE. horizon. Thunder heard last night and this morning. B 



Thin scud : thicker scud, moving slower ; a few drops of rain. B 



Scud and cumuli -i— cumulo-strati on horizon. W 



Id. -H- id. W 



Scud -I— cumuli near horizon ; drops of rain. W 



Cumuli, cumulo-strati and nimbi +- cirrous haze to E. ; passing showers. B 



Scud, cumuli and cumulo-strati. B 



Scud and loose cumidi -t— cirro-strati and cirrous haze. W 



Scud. ' W 



Strata of scud and linear and woolly cirri. B 



Strata of scud to E. : thick and large masses of woolly cirri, becoming flame-like. B 



Scud and loose cumuli : cirrous clouds, chiefly cirro-cumuli, woolly cirri. W 



Detached masses of scud -t— thick cirro-stratus and haze. W 



Id.; id. W 



Scud •«- id. B 



Id. ^- id. B 



Id. +- id. W 



Light rain, W 



Scud •♦— dense cirrous clouds ; cumuli on horizon ; rain till now. W 



Id. +- mottled and reticulated cirri and cirro-cumuli. like. W 



Scud and loose cumuli, moving quickly -t— pyramidal and common cumuli, moving very slowly; sky stormy- B 



Scud and loose cumuli. B 



Id. B 



Loose cumuli ■>— large cirro-cumuli and woolly cirri. W 



Scud and loose cumuli -i— cirrous clouds and haze. W 



Scud rising from E. -i— thick sheet of cirro-stratus ; long blue bank of cirro-stratus to E. B 



Nearly as before ; cirri ribbed, ribs lying N. and S. ; less even surface of clouds. B 



i. Cirrous clouds; large cirro-cumuli and mottled cirri ; cirrous haze ; very thick to W. ; cirro-strati to NE.; bank of scud to SE. "W 



