Observations, August 11 — 17. 1843. 155 



Species of Clouds, &c. 



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18. A patch of mottled cirrus to NW. ; very hazy round horizon ; heavy dew. 



10. Scud +- streaks of linear cirri to W. ; hazy on horizon. 



12. Patches of clouds near horizon, loose cumuli on S. horizon, cirrous haze to NW. 



0. Patches of scud -i— linear cirri to NW. ; cumuli on N. horizon ; cirrous haze round the horizon. 



2. Loose-edged cumuli : woolly cirri. 



4. Mottled, linear, hazy, and diffuse cirri -i— ranges of cumuli on horizon. 



6. Scud : cirri, nearly as before, 



8. Scud, moving very slowly. 



0. Scud. 



8. Loose scud to S. : large cirro-cumuli. 

 0. Patches of cirro-cumuli. 



Patches of cirri, moving slowly -t— cirro-strati and haze near horizon. 



Small patches of scud, increasing -t— cirri. 



Kagged-edged cumuli -h- mottled cirri and cirrous haze. 



Large cirro-cumuli -i— cumuli and scud on E. horizon. 



Cirro-cumuli -i— linear cirri and cirrous haze ; a bank of scud and loose cumuli on E, horizon. 



Varieties of cirri, lying in patches and sheets in all directions n— cirro-strati, the edges breaking into cirro- 



Loose cirro-cumuli -t— cirrous haze, cirro-strati. [cumuli. 



Thin smoky scud -i— dense scud on E. horizon ; cirro-cumijli and mottled cirri. 

 |0. Scud. 



Two currents of scud. [cirrous haze. 



Scud ; heavy rain since last observation from the lowest scud, just ceased, that current having disappeared ; 

 Thin smoky scud : cirrous scud : woolly cirri ; heavy showers. 



Id., homogeneous : woolly cirro-cumuli seen at 3'' 30™. 



Scud, nearly homogeneous. 

 Id., id. 



Homogeneous. 



Homogeneous, misty. 



Id., id. 



Id., id. 



Id., id. 



Pinnacle-cumuli to S. ; hazy on horizon. The clouds broke up at I''. 



Id. id. 



Patches of clouds to S. ; haze on horizon. 

 Scud and mist came on rapidly about 'J'^. 

 Very thick mist. 



Thick mist. 



Id. 

 Scud : patches of cirri ; the clouds have just broken, the mist clearing off. 



Cauliflower and pinnacle-cumuli round the horizon except to NE. ; a few patches of linear and radiated cirri. The vane still points NE. About 

 1^ the cumuli to the W. began to break in cirrous edges, while patches of scud came up from S. or SW., the temperature having risen to 76° 

 at !•> 20™; at l"" 45ra the sky became nearly covered with scud and nimbi, and rain began to fall; the wind also rose, blowing from WSW; 

 the temperatui'e fell to 69°. 



Scud, pinnacle and ragged cumuli and nimbi ; light rain, heavy to NE. S^. Several peals of thunder from NE. and E., distant. 



Cirrous-edged, piled, and cauliflower cumuli, broken into cirrous scud -t— linear cirri and cirrous haze. 

 Scud : cirro-cumuli -i- piles of cumuli on horizon in a sort of haze ; electric-looking. 

 Loose and pinnacle-cumuli +- linear cirri, cirrous haze round horizon ; light mist falling. 

 '. Linear cirri ; mist. 



Scud -i— cirro-cumulo-strati to W. and NW. ; heavy dew. 

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