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MeteorologicalJournaL [Feb, 1813. 



REMARKS. 



Eleventh Month. 28. The sky about sunset was overspread 

 with Cirrus and Cirrostratus clouds, beautifully tinged with flame 

 colour, red and violet. 30. a. m. The sky again much coloured. 



Twelfth Month, 5. The weather, which has been hitherto 

 mostly cloudy, with redness at sunrise and sunset, begins now to 

 be more serene. 6. Hoarfrost. 7' A little appearance of hail- 

 balls on the ground. 8,9. Clear: hoar frost. 11. Snow this 

 morning, and again after sunset. 13. An orange coloured hand 

 on the horizon this evening. (This phenomenon arises from re- 

 flection by the descending dew.) 15. A gale from N.E. unac- 

 companied by snow, came on early this morning. 16. a. m. 

 The wind has subsided to a breeze, and there now falls, (at the 

 Temp, of 27*5°) snow, very regularly cristallised in stars. 17. 

 a. m. It snowed more freely in the night, and there is now a 

 cold thaw, with light misty showers. 18. A little sleet, followed 

 by snow. Ice has been formed, in the night, by virtue of the 

 low temperature which the ground still possesses. A wet even- 

 ing. 21. A little rain. a. m. 22. A dripping mist. 24, 

 cloudy : a little rain : some hail-balls in the night. 



RESULTS. 



Prevailing winds Easterly. 



Barometer: greatest observed elevation 30*51 inches; 



Least 28- 9S inches; 



Mean of the period .... 29*882 inches; 



Thermometer: greatest elevation .... 52° 



Least 18° 



Mean of the period 36*68° 



Kain and Snow 0*95 inches. 



The evaporation of this period has not been ascertained. 



Plaistow, L. HOWARD. 



First Month, 7, 1813. 



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