Observations, November 4 — 10. 1843. 
181 
Species of Clouds, &c. 
h. 
0. Scud in eddies turning to N. : cirrous-edged cumuli and cumulo-strati ; a stratum of cumuli extending from SSW. to ENE., which is scud 
beneath moving in different directions ; splendid solar rays cross the notches of the clouds reaching about 70° towards the zenith. g 
2. Loose cumuli and scud -t— ranges of cumuli. B 
4. Id. -t- id. W 
6. Id. W 
8. Id. ; passing showers. W 
10. Masses of scud, moving quickly : patches of mottled cirri. B 
18. Scud. B 
20. Id., moving very quickly : cirro-cumulous scud, moving very slowly : woolly, mottled, and diffuse cirri. B 
22. Loose cumuli on NE. and S. horizons : large woolly cirro-cumuli. W 
0. Scud : large woolly cirro-cumuli -»— cirro-strati on E. horizon. W 
2. Scud and loose cumuli. W 
4. Loose cumuli to N. +- cumulo-strati on S. horizon. W 
6. Scud -i— cumuli on S. horizon ; a few drops of rain. W 
8. Cirri and patches of scud. W 
10. Sky covered with thin misty scud ; faint lunar halo shortly after this about 20° radius. W 
18. Homogeneous scud ; light drizzle. B 
20. Thick scud, chiefly to E. : patches of cirro-strati to W. B 
22. Scud and loose cumuli. "VV 
0. Masses of loose cumuli. "W 
2. Masses of woolly cirro-cumuli and cirri -i— loose cumuli and scud near S. and NW. horizon. W 
4. Scud -i— cirro-strati and cumuli on horizon ; rainbow. B 
6. Scud to W. B 
8. Scud ; occasional showers. W 
10. Large woolly cirro-cumuli. B 
18. Large thin woolly cirro-cumuli -t- scud passed off to W. with light rain. B 
20. Scud and cirro-strati on E. horizon. B 
22. Cumuli on NE. horizon ; loose cumuli on Cheviot. W 
0. Loose cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati -i— cumuli on NE. and SE. horizon. W 
2. Cumulo-strati round horizon -t— cirro-strati to S. W 
4. Loose cumuli round horizon ; a shower of snow ? passed along to the N. and E. half an hour ago. W 
6. Masses of scud and loose cumuli. W 
8. Loose cumuli. W 
10. Patches of scud. W 
18. Scud -i— cirro-strati to E. B 
20. Loosely mottled cirri and cirrous scud. B 
22. Woolly, linear, and mottled cirri -t— scud and loose cumuli to SE. W 
0. Woolly cirri and loose cirro-cumuli patches of scud ; cirro-strati on horizon. W 
2. Woolly and flame cirri, cirrous haze and cirro-strati : lines of patches of cumuli to N. W 
4. Thick woolly cirro-cumuli ; when it became overcast about an hour ago, the clouds were very fine cirro-cumuli 
which gradually became thicker and larger ; they radiate from NNW. ; masses of cirri on E. horizon. W 
6. Dense cirro-stratus. B 
8. Nearly homogeneous. W 
10. Thick mass of clouds ; a few flakes of snow. W 
18. Light rain. B 
20. Id. B 
22. Woolly cirri, cirrous haze and cirro-cumuli ; moving very slowly -j— loose scud and mist to N. W 
0. Dense cirrous clouds ; foggy. W 
2. Id. ; scud occasionally. W 
4. Id. W 
6. Id. B 
MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2 Z 
