Observations, August 11 — 17. 1843. 
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Species of Clouds, &c. 
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18. A patch of mottled cirrus to NW. ; very hazy round horizon ; heavy dew. 
20. Scud -»— streaks of linear cirri to W. ; hazy on horizon. 
22. Patches of clouds near horizon, loose cumuli on S. horizon, cirrous haze to NW. 
0. Patches of scud linear cirri to NW. ; cumuli on N. horizon ; cirrous haze round the horizon. 
2. Loose-edged cumuli : woolly cirri. 
4. Mottled, linear, hazy, and diffuse cirri -t— ranges of cumuli on horizon. 
6. Scud : cirri, nearly as before. 
8. Scud, moving very slowly. 
10. Scud. 
18. Loose scud to S. : large cirro-cumuli. 
20. Patches of cirro-cumuli. 
22. Patches of cirri, moving slowly -i— cirro-strati and haze near horizon. 
0. Small patches of scud, increasing -i— cirri. 
2. Ragged-edged cumuli -t— mottled cirri and cirrous haze. 
4. Large cirro-cumuli -i— cumuli and scud on E. horizon. 
6. Cirro-cumuli -t— linear cirri and cirrous haze ; a bank of scud and loose cumuli on E. horizon. 
8. Varieties of cirri, lying in patches and sheets in all directions -i— cirro-strati, the edges breaking into cirro- 
10. Loose cirro-cumuLi -f— cirrous haze, cirro-strati. [cumuli. 
18. Thin smoky scud -t— dense scud on E. horizon ; cirro-cumuli and mottled cirri. 
20. Scud. 
22. Two currents of scud. [cirrous haze. 
0. Scud ; heavy rain since last observation from the lowest scud, just ceased, that current having disappeared ; 
2. Thin smoky scud : cirrous scud : woolly cirri ; heavy showers. 
4. Id., homogeneous : woolly cirro-cumuli seen at 3 h 30 m . 
6. Scud, nearly homogeneous. 
8. Id., id. 
10. Homogeneous. 
18. Homogeneous, misty. 
20. Id., id. 
22. Id., id. 
0. Id., id. 
2. Pinnacle-cumuli to S. ; hazy on horizon. The clouds broke up at l h . 
4. Id. id. 
6. Patches of clouds to S. ; haze on horizon. 
8. Scud and mist came on rapidly about 7 h . 
10. Very thick mist. 
18. Thick mist. 
20. Id. 
22. Scud : patches of cirri ; the clouds have just broken, the mist clearing off. 
0. Cauliflower and pinnacle-cumuli round the horizon except to NE. ; a few patches of linear and radiated cirri. The vane still points NE. About 
l h the cumuli to the W. began to break in cirrous edges, while patches of scud came up from S. or SW., the temperature having risen to 76° 
at l h 20 m ; at l h 45 m the sky became nearly covered with scud and nimbi, and rain began to fall; the wind also rose, blowing from WSW; 
the temperature fell to 69°. 
2. Scud, pinnacle and ragged cumuli and nimbi ; light rain, heavy to NE. 3 h . Several peals of thunder from NE. and E., distant. 
4. Cirrous-edged, piled, and cauliflower cumuli, broken into cirrous scud -i— linear cirri and cirrous haze. 
6. Scud : cirro-cumuli -t- piles of cumuli on horizon in a sort of haze ; electric-looking. 
8. Loose and pinnacle-cumuli -t— linear cirri, cirrous haze round horizon ; light mist falling, 
10. Linear cirri ; mist. 
18. Scud -i— cirro-cumulo-strati to W. and NW. ; heavy dew. 
20. Id. 
22. Id. 
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