Observations, August 18 — 24. 1843. 157 



Species of Clouds, &c. 





Misty cumuli round liorizon, broken cirrous masses ; very hazy to E. 

 Loose cumuli ; very hazy round horizon. 



Id. ; milky haze near the horizon. 



Cirrous scud ; very hazy near horizon. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud ; thick haze. 

 Homogeneous. 



Thick fog, apparently no clouds above ; heavy dew. 



Id. , id. ; the sun's disc faintly visible. 



Hazy on horizon. 



One or two patches of scud -i— large masses of cumuli to W. ; patches of light cirri to S. [halo. 



Woolly cirri in zenith -t— cumuli with cirrous crowns to N W. ; patches of cumuli ; upper portion of a solar 

 Cirrous-edged cumuli •*— hazy on horizon. 

 Patches of clouds ; cumuli to SE. ; haze on horizon. 



A mass of pinnacle-cumuli to S. ; cirro-strati to E. ; cirrous haze and linear cirri round horizon. 

 Cirro-strati to NW. 



A tremendous thunder-storm occurred during the night. The thunder was first heard about 12j'>, the storm attained its height ahout l**" 

 when sometimes three bright flashes wei-e setn in the course of as many seconds, the thunder occasionally rattling in half a second after the 

 lightning: thunder was heard till about 11^ but distant. This storm was felt all over Scotland, many accidents occurred. 1'4H inch of 

 rain has fallen since midnight. 



Linear cirri, becoming cirrous haze to E. ; cirro-strati to SW. 

 0. A patch of cirrus +- cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 

 2. Scud and loose cumuli. 

 0. Id. 



2. Id. 



Dark scud and cumuli h— linear cirri to E. [ance. 



Scud : woolly cirro-cumuli -^ rows of cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati ; the sky has a very disturbed appear- 



Cirro-cumulous scud -i- cirro-cumuli in bluish ciiTOUS haze. 



Scud. 



Thin smoky scud : cirro-cumulous scud, breaking in some places into the finest cirro-cumuli •»- fine wooUy 



cirro-cumuli and cirri ; clouds of all tints from white to blue in frequent alternation. 

 Scud -t— a homogeneous mass ; rain. 



Id. 



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Id. 



: cirro-cumulous scud ; 



cirrous haze 



Dark, heavy scud to N. : cirro-cumuli and patches of cirri +- cumuli on S. horizon ; raining to N. 



Id., black cumuli and a dark mass of cirrous-edged cloud *- cirro-stratus and haze on E. horizon ; raining to SE. 



c„„ J [and here lately. 



A range of scud to S. ■*- cirrous-edged cirro-strati to E. ; masses of cirri to S. 



Id. id. id. 



Masses of loose and ragged cumuli : sheets of mottled cirri, cirro-cumuli, and cirro-strati. 

 Cumuli and cirrous-edged scud +- cirro-strati on E. horizon ; a shower lately. 

 Masses of cumuli. 



Id. -i- patches of cirri to W. 



Id. -i- cirrous haze to S. 



Scud and cumuli on N. horizon ; cirro-strati and haze on SE. horizon. 

 Clouds on W. horizon. 



[dew. 



Thick fog •)- fine cirro-cumuli, linear cirri and cirrous haze to E., the sun's image well defined in it ; heavy 



Smoky scud -t- large cirro-cumuli to W. ; cirrous haze to E. 



A bank of cirrous haze to E. ; patches of cumuli near the horizon. 



Loose detached cumuli -t- cirrous haze on E. horizon. 



Loose cumuli and scud -i- cirro-strati to S. ; black to SE. ; cirrous haze to E. 



Loose-edged cumuli and cirrous scud. 



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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2 R 



