Strathpeffer Spa : its climate and waters : with observations historical, medical, and general, descriptive of the vicinity . ese disturbances skirt our northern coasts, and hencewe have in winter a preponderance of south-westerlywinds, with warm rains on the western slopes of themountains, while the south of England is not unfre-quently linked on to an area of high pressure (anti-cyclone) which brings cold, dull, foggy and frostyweather. Thirdly, the aqueous vapour present in the atmospherekeeps the earth warm like a blanket at night, andprevents those sudden changes of temperature that areso
Strathpeffer Spa : its climate and waters : with observations historical, medical, and general, descriptive of the vicinity . ese disturbances skirt our northern coasts, and hencewe have in winter a preponderance of south-westerlywinds, with warm rains on the western slopes of themountains, while the south of England is not unfre-quently linked on to an area of high pressure (anti-cyclone) which brings cold, dull, foggy and frostyweather. Thirdly, the aqueous vapour present in the atmospherekeeps the earth warm like a blanket at night, andprevents those sudden changes of temperature that areso hurtful to animal and vegetable life. Fourthly, between Strathpeffer and the western coastrises a mountainnus table-laud, which not only breaks theforce of the Atlantic gales, but robs them of a largeproportion of their moisture. I cannot do better thanquote from an observant writer residing near the Spa in1772 :— It is worth remarking that the western moun-tains make the weather alternately foul and fair on theeast and west borders of them, in some measure similarto the monsoons on the Malabar and Coromandel THE CLIMATE. 17 The west and south-west winds blow most frequently,during which it generally rains on the west coast and isfair weather on this side of the hills, or at most thereare only slight occasional showers. On the other hand,the east wind uniformly [?] brings rain or sleet on the eastcoast, but the storm dies away in the intermediate hills,and there is dry w^eather and sunshine on the west coast. *The accompanying Diagram exhibits at a glance themean value of of the principal meteorologicalelements for each month, on the average of four to fiveyears. The months are grouped into the usual meteoro-logical seasons, and in order to give a complete view ofthe winter, an additional column is given to the foot of the diagram the rainfall of Strathpeffer iscompared with that of the Royal Observatory, which, itwill be remembered is situated in
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