Obseevations, October 9 — 15. 1843. 173 



Species of Clouds, &c. 



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6. Scud •«— cirrous clouds. 

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Id. ; a slight shower lately. 



Scud and cirrous clouds. 



Thin smoky scud : smoky scud on S. horizon -i— woolly cirri ; slight shower lately. 



Thin scud : thin cirrous scud and haze, moving slowly ; slight shower lately. 



Scud ; a few drops of rain. 



Loose cumuli and scud : cirrous scud. nadius. 



niack, ra^'ged, loose, electi'ic-Iool;ing cumuli along N. and S. liorizon -i- thick mass of woolly and linear cirri and cirrous haze; solar halo 22° 



Sky covered with woolly cirri, patches of cirro-cumuli, thick cirrous haze -i— masses of loose scud on horizon. 

 Thick cirrous mass ; heavy dew. 

 Quite homogeneous. 



Homogeneous ; light rain. 



Scud -(— homogeneous clouds above ; light rain. 



Id. +- id. ; id. 



Id. ; raining. 



Id.; id. 

 Two currents of scud ; heavy rain. 



Scud ; breaking up a little to SE. ; rain ceased at 5'^ 15™. 

 Homogeneous. 

 Scud. 



Homogeneous smoky scud, the Moon seen through it ; light rain. 



Scud -^- woolly cirri. 



Loose scud : cirro-cumulo-strati -t— cirro-strati to N. 



Two strata of scud -i— patches of cirri. 



Patches of woolly cirri -»— loose cumuli near horizon. 



Masses of cirro-strati -i— scud and cumuli on N. and NE. liorizon. 



Scud and loose cumuli all round the horizon. 



Scud ; a shower of hail about 7''. 



Small patches of clouds on horizon. 



A strip of cloud on E. horizon ; sky very clear ; ground covered with hoar-frost. 



Cumuli on E. horizon. 



Cumulo-strati and cirro-strati on NE. horizon ; faint streaks of cirrus to SE. 



Cumulo-strati on E. and NE. horizon ; masses of scud moving along N. horizon ; cirro-strati to S. 



Scud and loose cumuli. 



Id. -i— cumuli on E. and N. horizon ; heavy shower of hail 15" since, passed off to S. 



Patches of scud -t— piles of gray cumuli to SE. ; blue haze and cirro-strati to E. 

 Scud. 

 Loose scud. 



Cirro-strati on horizon. 



Cirro-strati, moving slowly -t— cumuli on E. horizon. 



Patches of cumuli and cirro-strati on E. and N. horizon. 



Patches of scud and loose cumuli -f— cirro-strati to N. and S. 



Masses of loose cumuli : woolly, mottled, and linear cirri and cin'O-strati. 



Cirri as before -t— cirro-strati and cirrous haze on horizon ; masses of cumuli. 



Scud to S. -t— diffuse cirri over the sky ; cumuli to E. 



Clouds to N. 



Cirrous clouds, much hoar-frost. 



[arch. 

 An Auroral arch about 15° altitude, with bright streamers at the extremities and fainter ones within the 



). Light cii'ri -t— ciimulo-strati to E. ; cirro-strati to E. and NE. 



). Mottled, woolly, and linear cirri, cirro-strati -t— cirro-cumulo-strati to N. ; cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 

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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 



