Observations, November 17 — 23. 1843. 



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Species of Clouds, &c. 



0. Scud •»— dense cirro-stratus ; light drizzle. 



2. Id. -t— fine feathers of beautifully mottled cirri pointing NNE. ; cumuli and cirrous haze to E. 



4. Masses of loose-edged cumuli. 



6. Scud to W. ; patches of cirri. 



8. Cirrous scud. 



10. Cirro-strati. 



18. Quite clear. 



20, Loose scud ; light showers. 



22. Id. : diffuse cirri +- nimbi to S. with fine cirrous crowns ; cirro-strati to E. 



0. Nearly as at 221^ ; cumuli to E. 



2. Cirrous-crowned nimbi and scud, masses of woolly and diflfuse cirri. 



4. Cumuli ; nimbi and diffuse cirri on horizon. 



6. Thin scud ; cumuli on horizon. 



8. A patch of scud to NW. ; passing showers and masses of nimbi. 



10. Cirrous scud ? 



18. Very dark ; a few drops of rain. 

 JO. Scud ; light rain. 

 22. Id.; id. 



0. Id. -f— homogeneous above ; light rain. 



2. Lines of patches of loose scud : woolly cirro-cumuli and cirri 



4. Cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati and cirrous haze to E. 



6. Scud to SW. 



8. Scud. 

 LO. Id. 



L8. Id. 



10. Scud and nimbi ; passing showers. 



12. Masses of scud and loose cumuli : fine cirro-cumuli n— cirro-strati on horizon ; cumuli on Cheviot. 



0. linear cirri and patches of cirro-cumuli -t- thick cirrous haze and difTuse cirro-strati; masses of loose cumuli to NW. 



2. Thick, woolly, and diffuse cirri and cirrous haze -i— mass of scud to NW. ; cirro-strati on horizon. 



4. Thick, dense, cirro-cumulous mass, like a semifluid. 



6. Light rain. 



8. Rain ; very dark. 



.0. Light rain ; the wind feels very warm. 



loose cumuli to S. 



8. Scud. 



10. Id. ; slight drizzle. 



12. Loose scud -t— large cirro-cumuli to S. ; slight shower. [much. 



0. Scud and loose cumuli. At 23'^ 10™ the wind had shifted to WNW, blowing from 4 lbs. to 7 lbs., varying 



2. Scud, loose cumuli. 



4. Id., id. 



6. Cirro-strati on horizon. 



8. Thin scud. 



0. 



8. Sheets of cirrous scud ? to E. and S. 



0. Woolly cirro-cumuli : woolly cirri. 



2. Woolly cirri and cirro-cumuli -i— cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



0. Cirrous scud, woolly cirri, and cirro-cumiili, all moving very slowly. 



2. Masses of scud -»— thick cirrous mass. 



4. Dense cirrous mass. 



6. Id. 



8. Clearing off from SW. 



0. Clouds to E. 



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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 



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