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Species of Clouds, &c. 
Observer's 
Initial. 
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0. Misty cumuli round horizon, broken cirrous masses ; very hazy to E. 
2. Loose cumuli ; very hazy round horizon. 
4. Id. ; mil>y haze near the horizon. 
6. Cirrous scud ; very hazy near horizon. 
8. Cirro-cumulous scud ; thick haze. 
10. Homogeneous. 
18. Thick fog, apparently no clouds above ; heavy dew. 
20. Id., id. ; the sun's disc faintly visible. 
22. Hazy on horizon. 
0. One or two patches of scud -t— large masses of cumuli to W. ; patches of light cirri to S. [halo. 
2. Woolly cirri in zenith -t— cumuli with cirrous crowns to NW. ; patches of cumuli ; upper portion of a solar 
4. Cirrous-edged cumuli hazy on horizon. 
6. Patches of clouds ; cumuli to SE. ; haze on horizon. 
8. A mass of pinnacle-cumuli to S. ; cirro-strati to E. ; cirrous haze and linear cirri round horizon. 
10. Cirro-strati to NW. 
23. A tremendous thunder-storm oceurred during the night. The thunder was first heard about 12J,- h , the storm attained its height about 14 h 
when sometimes three bright flashes were setn in the course of as many seconds, the thunder occasionally rattling in half a second after the 
lightning: thunder was beard till about 17 h but distant. This storm was felt all over Scotland, many accidents occurred. 1*111 inch of 
rain has fallen since midnight. 
18. Linear cirri, becoming cirrous haze to E. ; cirro-strati to SW. 
20. A patch of cirrus -t— cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 
22. Scud and loose cumuli. 
0. Id. 
2. Id. 
4. Dark scud and cumuli linear cirri to E. [ance. 
6. Scud : woolly cirro-cumuli -t— rows of cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati ; the sky has a very disturbed appear- 
8. Cirro-cumulous scud -i- cirro-cumuli in bluish cirrous haze. 
10. Scud. 
18. Thin smoky scud : cirro-cumulous scud, breaking in s^me places into the finest cirro-cumuli +- fine woolly 
cirro-cumuli and cirri ; clouds of all tints from white to blue in frequent alternation. 
20. Scud -i— a homogeneous mass ; rain. 
22. Id. -r- id. id. 
0. Id. id. id. 
2. Id. id. id. 
4. Id. : cirro-cumulous scud ; cirrous haze. 
6. Dark, heavy scud to N. : cirro-cumuli and patches of cirri +- cumuli on S. horizon ; raining to N. 
8. Id., black cumuli and a dark mass of cirrous-edged cloud +- cirro-stratus and haze on E. horizon ; raining to SE. 
10. Scud. [and here lately. 
18. A range of scud to S. -•— cirrous-edged cirro-strati to E. ; masses of cirri to S. 
20. Id. id. id. 
22. Masses of loose and ragged cumuli : sheets of mottled cirri, cirro-cumuli, and cirro-strati. 
0. Cumuli and cirrous-edged scud +- cirro-strati on E. horizon ; a shower lately. 
2. Masses of cumuli. ' 
4. Id. +- patches of cirri to W. 
6. Id. +- cirrous haze to S. 
8. Scud and cumuli on N. horizon ; cirro-strati and haze on SE. horizon. 
10. Clouds on W. horizon. 
[dew. 
18. Thick fog 4- fine cirro-cumuli, linear cirri and cirrous haze to E., the sun's image well defined in it ; heavy 
20. Smoky scud 4- large cirro-cumuli to W. ; cirrous haze to E. 
22. A b ;nk of cirrous haze to E. ; patches of cumuli near the horizon. 
0. Loose detached cumuli -t- cirrous haze on E. horizon. 
2. Loose cumuli and scud +- cirro-strati to S. ; black to SE. ; cirrous haze to E. ; 
4. Loose-edged cumuli and cirrous scud. 
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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2 R 
