This page has been validated.
361
Letters—To denote the State of the Weather.
| [1]b | denotes | Blue sky.—Whether with clear or hazy atmosphere. |
| c | " | Cloudy.—i.e. Detached opening clouds. |
| d | " | Drizzling rain. |
| f | " | Fog—f̣ thick fog. |
| g | " | Gloomy dark weather. |
| h | " | Hail. |
| l | " | Lightning. |
| m | " | Misty or hazy.—So as to interrupt the view. |
| o | " | Overcast.—i.e. The whole sky covered with one impervious cloud. |
| p | " | Passing showers. |
| q | " | Squally. |
| r | " | Rain.—i.e. Continuous rain. |
| s | " | Snow. |
| t | " | Thunder. |
| u | " | Ugly threatening appearance in the weather. |
| v | " | Visibility of distant objects.—Whether the sky be cloudy or not. |
| w | " | Wet dew. |
| • | under any letter denotes an—Extraordinary degree. | |
By the combination of these letters, all the ordinary phenomena of the weather may be recorded with certainty and brevity.
EXAMPLES.
| bcm | denotes | Blue sky, with detached opening clouds, but hazy round the horizon. |
| gṿ | " | Gloomy dark weather, but distant objects remarkably visible. |
| q̣pdlṭ | " | Very hard squalls, and showers of drizzle, accompanied by lightning with very heavy thunder. |
F. B.
- ↑ The figures prefixed to this letter denote the quantity of blue sky visible in eighth parts of the hemisphere.—J.C.R.
