Observations, June 29 — July 5. 1843. 141 



Species of Clouds, &c. 



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4. Scud ; black to NW. and over the zenith. 



6. Id. : cirrous clouds ; light rain lately, raining to SE. and E. ; clouds breaking, sky in zenith and to W. ; cumuli to SSE. 

 8. Scud M- linear cirri, covering much of the sky ; sheets of cirro-strati radiating from SE. where it is quite dark and like rain. 

 0. Masses of scud and cumuli neai- horizon to S. and E. ; cirro-cumuli and sheets of linear cirri tinged with red. 



3. Scud •*— linear cirri and cirro-strati to E. 



0. Id. H- id. 



2. Id. -f- woolly and mottled cirri. 



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2. Id. ••— cirrous clouds and haze. 



L Scud, cumuli, cumulo-strati and woolly cirro-cumuli ; mountainous, ragged, and stormy-like cumuli to W. 

 and SW., cumulo-strati with curled fronts ; the sky has been very stormy-looking for the last two hours. 



3. Large thick masses of loose cumuli and scud, cumuli in strings like beads, cumulo-strati ; thick woolly cirro-cumuli, linear cirri and cirrous 

 haze scattered across the sky, cirro-strati to E. ; the clouds are of all shades and thicknesses, black as night, white as snow, thin as smoke, 

 thick as mud ; the sky is of different tints, bluish, whitish, greenish ; clouds moving at different elevations, and with different velocities. 



3. Scud and cumuli +- cumulo-strati, cirro-strati and mottled cirri. 

 [). Scud +- cumulo-strati on N. horizon. 



Cirro-cumulous scud, cirro-cumuli •*— fine cirri to NW. ; ranges of cirro-strati to E. and S. 



Scud and cumuli : cirro-cumuli of various sizes and density •<- fine lines of cirri to S. ; black mass of scud rising in W. 



Scud -I— cirro-strati to E. ; a few drops of rain. 

 Id. 

 Id. -1— cirrous clouds and haze to E. 



Scud and loose cumuli : cirro-cumulous scud and thick cirro-cumuli ; cirrous haze over the sky ; very stormy-looking ; shower lately. 



Scud : thick cirro-strati and sheets of cirri. 

 Id. ; a few drops of rain. 

 Id., moving quickly -i— cirro-cumuli and cirrous haze ; light rain. 



Loose scud : woolly cirro-cumuli. 

 Scud. 



Id. ; a few drops of rain. 

 Cirrous scud ; sky in patches. 

 Scud, chiefly near horizon. 



Id. : cirro-stratous scud -t— cumuli near horizon. 



Id. -t— patches of woolly cirri ; cumuli on N. and S. horizon. 



Sheets of cirrous scud ^— beautiful ranges of pyramidal cumuli to S. and N. ; cirro-strati to E. 

 Cirrous scud -»— cumuli to N. ; cirro-strati to E, 



Masses of cumulo-strati on SE. horizon ; patches of scud to S. and N. 



Patches of scud -t— large masses of cumuli and cumulo-strati on S. and N. horizon. 



Cirrous-edged cumulo-strati. 



Id. [from WNW. 



Cirrous cirro-cumuli -i— cumulo-strati ; linear cirri rising from a patch of cirrous haze to W. and pointing 

 Cirrous-edged cumuli, woolly, linear, and mottled cirri. 

 Thick cirrous haze and linear cirri ; cumulo-strati on E. and N. horizon. 

 Scud -i- cirrous haze, thick to W. ; solar halo. 

 Thick mass of cirro-stratus^and haze, cedaraceous. 



Scotch mist. 

 Scud. 



Id., moving slowly. 



Id. ; dense cirro-stratus, a few drops of rain. 



Id. ; id. ; hazy. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ■•- cirrous clouds and haze ; heavy thunder showers lately. 



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IMAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2 N 



