Obseevations, August 30 — September 6. 1843. 



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Species of Clouds, &c. 



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Cirrous haze and linear cirri. 



Fine cirro-cumuli, becoming very small at the edges, lying in lines from NW. ; linear cirri lying in diffe- 

 rent directions, chiefly from NW. ; woolly and flame cirri, all moving slowly ; cirrous haze to E, 



A few patches of woolly cirri or cirrous scud ? -i- sky nearly covered with fine linear cirri and cirrous haze; solar halo. 



Thick large woolly cirro-cumuli -t— cirrous haze to E. 



Thick cirrous haze and cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati round horizon. 



Thin scud, moving slowly -t— thick cirro-cumuli and cirrous haze ; slight rain lately. 



Thick cirrous clouds, black cirro-cumuli below; a little ago, sky seen with beautifully mottled and feathered cirri and cirro-cumuli. 



Cirrous clouds ? ; sky in zenith. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati -i— linear and mottled cirri to E. ; cirro-strati on E. horizon ; loose scud lying on 

 Id. -t— cirro-strati to E. [Cheviot. 



Id. H- id. 



Scud -»— thick cirrous haze and cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati on horizon. 

 Id. -1— cirrous clouds. 



Id. -J— id. ; loose cumuli on N. horizon. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati -i— loose scud near horizon. 

 Scud -1— cirro-cumuli and cirrous haze ; dark to E. ; light rain. 

 Scud and cirrous clouds. 



Scud -«— thick mass of cirrous clouds. 



Id. •*- id. 



Cirrous scud : woolly cirro-cumuli ; cirrous haze. 

 Scud -1— cirro-cumuli and cirrous clouds. 



Id. -1- id. 



Id. 1- id. 



Id. ->- id. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati ; cirrous haze to E. 

 Scud -»— cirrous haze. 



Beautiful strata of mottled, reticulated, and woolly cirri, the lines lying at right angles to the direction of the strata ; patches of scud to SW. 

 Sheets of thin, woolly, fretted, and cirro-cumulous cirro-strati, lying from WNW.; streaks of fine mottled cirri; cirrous haze; loose cumuli on Cheviot. 



Loose cumuli, agitated by different currents : large woolly cirro-cumuli to N. and E. -t— cirro-strati to N. 

 Loose cumuli -i— cirro-strati to N. and E. [and E. 



Id. +- id. 



Scud and loose cumuli ■*— cirrous haze to NE. 



Id. -.- id. 



Cirro-strati to NE. 

 Streaks of cirro-stratus to NE. 



A sheet of cirro-stratus to E. ; heavy dew. 

 A strip of cirro-stratus to NE. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Sheets of cirro-cumuli and mottled cirri, cirro-strati 

 Id., id. 



Id., id. 



Id., . ^'^• 



Thin scud, cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati; light shower ; a lunar rainbow for a few minutes, quite complete 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ■*- patches of woolly cirri above cirro-strati to E. 



Id. ■*- id. 



Masses of loose cumvili and scud to W. : sheets of cirro-cumuli and mottled cirri -t— cirro-strati on horizon, 

 Scud and loose cumuli •>— cirro-cumuli ; cumulo-strati on E. horizon ; dark to SW. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati -»— cumulo-strati to SE. ; cirro-strati. 

 Woolly cirro-cumuli, moving slowly +- cumuli on S. horizon. 



cirro-strati and cirrous haze on NE. and N. horizon, 

 id. id. 



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llAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 



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