Observations, November 4 — 10. 1843. 181 



Species of Clouds, &c. £; ■§ 



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0. Scud in eddies turning to N. : cirrous-edged cumuli and cumulo-strati ; a stratum of cumuli extending from SSW. to ENE., which is scud 



beneath moving in different directions ; splendid solar rays cross the notches of the clouds reaching about 70° towards the zenith. g 



2. Loose cumuli and scud -i— ranges of cumuli. B 



4. Id. H_ id. • W 



6. Id. W 



Id. ; passing showers. W 



10. Masses of scud, moving quickly : patches of mottled cirri. B 



18. Scud. B 



20. Id., moving very quickly : cirro-cumulous scud, moving very slowly : woolly, mottled, and diffuse cirri. B 



22. Loose cumuli on NE. and S. horizons : large woolly cirro-cumuli. W 



0. Scud : large woolly cirro-cumuli -i— cirro-strati on E. horizon. W 



2. Scud and loose cumuli. W 



4. Loose cumuli to N. -i— cumulo-strati on S. horizon. W 



6. Scud -1— cumuli on S. horizon ; a few drops of rain. W 



8. Cirri and patches of scud. W 



10. Sky covered with thin misty scud ; faint lunar halo shortly after this about 20° radius. W 



18. Homogeneous scud ; light drizzle. , B 



20. Thick scud, chiefly to E. : .patches of cirro-strati to W. B 



22. Scud and loose cumuli. W 



0. Masses of loose cumuli. W 



2. Masses of woolly cirro-cumuli and cirri -i— loose cumuli and scud near S. and NW. horizon. W 



4. Scud -t— cirro-strati and cumuli on horizon ; rainbow. B 



6. Scud to W. B 



8. Scud ; occasional showers. W 



10. Large woolly cirro-cumuli, B 



18. Large thin woolly cirro-cumtdi -t— scud passed oif to W. with light rain. B 



0. Scud and cirro-strati on E. horizon. B 



2. Cumuli on NE. horizon ; loose cumuli on Cheviot. W 



0. Loose cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati -t— cumuli on NE. and SE. horizon. W 



2. Cumulo-strati round horizon -t— cirro-strati to S. W 



4. Loose cumuli round horizon ; a shower of snow ? passed along to the N. and E. half an hour ago. W 



6. Masses of scud and loose cumuli. W 



8. Loose cumuli. W 



10. Patches of scud. W 



18. Scud -I— cirro-strati to E. B 



JO. Loosely mottled cirri and cirrous scud. B 



12. Woolly, linear, and mottled cirri •*— scud and loose cumuli to SE. W 



0. Woolly cirri and loose cirro-cumuli -t— patches of scud ; cirro-strati on horizon. W 



2. Woolly and flame cirri, cirrous haze and cirro-strati : lines of patches of cumuli to N. W 

 Thick woolly cirro-cumuli ; when it became overcast about an hour ago, the clouds were very fine cirro-cumuli 



,Avhich gradually became thicker and larger ; they radiate from NNW. ; masses of cirri on E. horizon. W 



6. Dense cirro-stratus. B 



8. Nearly homogeneous. W 



Thick mass of clouds ; a few flakes of snow. W 



Light rain. B 



0. Id. ^ B 



2. Woolly cirri, cirrous haze and cirro-cumuli ; moving very slowly -«— loose scud and mist to N. W 



0. Dense cirrous clouds ; foggy. W 



2. Id. ; scud occasionally. , W 



i. Id. W 



6. Id. B 



MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2 Z 



