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.Or just sufficient to give steerage way. 



FIGURES USED TO DENOTE THE FORCE OF THE WIND. 



0 Calm. 



1 Light Air 



2 Light Breeze 



3 Gentle Breeze 



4 Moderate Breeze 



5 Fresh Breeze 



Or that in which a man- 

 of war, with all sail set, 

 and clean full, would go 

 in smooth water from [ 5 to 6 knots. 



1 to 2 knots. 

 3 to 4 knots. 



6 Strong Breeze .. 



7 Moderate Gale 



8 Fresh Gale , 



9 Strong Gale. 

 10 Whole Gale 



Or that to which a well- 

 conditioned man-of- 

 war could just carry 

 in chase, full and by 



Royals, &c. 



Single-reefed topsails and 



top-gall, sails. 

 Double-reefed topsails, 



jib, &c. 

 Treble- reefed topsails, 



&c. 



Close-reefed topsails and 

 courses. 



11 Storm 



12 Hurricane 



, Or that with which she could scarcely bear close-reefed 

 main-topsail and reefed fore-sail. 



.Or that which would reduce her to storm stay-sails. 



. Or that which no canvass could withstand. 



LETTERS DENOTING THE STATE OF THE WEATHER. 



b Blue sky; (whether clear, or hazy atmosphere). 



c Clouds ; (detached passing clouds). 



d Drizzling rain. 



f Foggy f Thick fog. 



g Gloomy (dark weather). 



h Hail. 



1 Lightning. 



m Misty (hazy atmosphere). 



o Overcast (or the whole sky covered with thick clouds), 

 p Passing (temporary showers), 

 q Squally. 



r Rain (continued rain)./ 

 s Snow, 

 t Thunder. 



u Ugly (threatening appearances). 

 V Visible (clear atmosphere), 

 w Wet dew. 



. Under any letter, indicates an extraordinary degree. 



By the combination of these letters, all the ordinary phenomena of the weather 

 may be expressed with facility and brevity. 



Examples : — Bern, Blue sky, with passing clouds, and a hazy atmosphere. 

 Gv, Gloomy dark weather, but distant objects remarkably visible. 



Qpdlt, Very hard squalls, with passing showers of drizzle, and accompanied 

 by lightning with very heavy thunder. 



