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" East from the southward, and generally the seamen may be prepared for bad weather when the wind backs, even though the barometer does not fall. Northerly winds are often preceded by low flying clouds, with a thickly overcast sky, in which the upper clouds... "
Sailing Directions for Magellan Strait, and Channels Leading to the Gulf of ... - Page 30
by Richard Charles Mayne - 1871 - 116 pages
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A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean: The coasts of the ...

Alexander George Findlay - Atmospheric circulation - 1851 - 746 pages
...and solid. — (Cumuloni.) Winds from the northward and north-westward are preceded and accompanied by low flying clouds, with a thickly overcast sky, in which the clouds appear to be at a great height. The sun shows dimly through them, and has a reddish appearance....
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The Record of the United States Naval Institute, Volumes 1-4

Marine engineering - 1875 - 670 pages
...that ia mentioned as usual when it draws round to the )'. from the Southward, and generally the seaman may be prepared for bad weather when the wind backs,...edges so indistinct that it is impossible to take au altitude, often for hours, before a gale comes on. Sometimes, but very rarely, with the wind light...
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