. The climate and weather of Baltimore . Fig. 104.—The Southwest Storm of February 5, 1903. MARYLAND WEATHER SERVICE 353 February 3, 1903. A warm cloudy day. Cirrus clouds formed rapidly after7 a. m., the sky becoming overcast by 10 a. m. The clouds increased indensity. Light rain began at p. m. and continued into the night. Atmidnight the amount of precipitation was inch. The atmosphere wasbalmy and Fig. 105.—The Southwest Storm of February 3-6, 1903. February 4, 1903. The day continued cloudy and warm with a sultryatmosphere in the morning. The temperature rose to 66°
. The climate and weather of Baltimore . Fig. 104.—The Southwest Storm of February 5, 1903. MARYLAND WEATHER SERVICE 353 February 3, 1903. A warm cloudy day. Cirrus clouds formed rapidly after7 a. m., the sky becoming overcast by 10 a. m. The clouds increased indensity. Light rain began at p. m. and continued into the night. Atmidnight the amount of precipitation was inch. The atmosphere wasbalmy and Fig. 105.—The Southwest Storm of February 3-6, 1903. February 4, 1903. The day continued cloudy and warm with a sultryatmosphere in the morning. The temperature rose to 66° at 4 p. m., then fellsharply 7° just before 5 p. m., followed by a steady fall. The sky was over-cast until p. m. The strato-cumulus clouds changed to cumulus by m.; these in turn disappearing by 4 p. m. Dense fog prevailed during the 354 THE CLIMATE OF BALTIMORE preceding night, became light in the early morning, and disappeared by m. The light rain of the night before continued into the morning, be-coming heavy about a. m., inch falling in 5 minutes. This briefdownpour was preceded by a single flash of lightning. The rain continued atintervals until a. m. The total fall from midnight was inch. Aslight peal of thunder was heard at a. m. At p. m. there appearedan inky-black, closely compacted mass of strato-cumulus clouds, driven fromthe northwest, though the c
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