Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 29 — February 1, 1844. 



183 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



•i. h. 



29 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



30 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



31 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



1 



1 



2 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



29-299 

 314 

 328 

 350 

 357 

 363 

 362 

 357 

 325 

 319 

 308 

 277 

 272 

 293 

 285 

 286 

 314 

 302 



29-328 

 336 

 334 

 346 

 364 

 363 

 359 

 377 

 405 

 423 

 461 

 473 

 483 

 499 

 518 

 528 

 549 

 557 

 574 

 601 

 613 

 623 

 636 

 651 



29-669 

 678 

 690 

 710 

 732 

 745 

 756 

 787 

 813 

 834 

 841 

 833 

 826 

 813 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



38-3 

 36-4 

 38-9 

 360 

 38-8 

 40-3 

 42-6 

 40-8 

 40-0 

 38-9 

 37-0 

 35-8 

 36-2 

 .38-2 

 35-2 

 34-8 

 33-7 

 34-2 



33-8 

 33-0 

 33-3 

 32-8 

 32-0 

 320 

 32-0 

 31-2 

 31-9 

 31-5 

 32-3 

 33-3 

 34-4 

 33-5 

 32-4 

 31-8 

 .30-7 

 28-6 

 28-5 

 28-2 

 28-9 

 29-2 

 28-6 

 27-2 



27-7 

 310 

 30-6 

 29-9 

 30-1 

 28-0 

 28-3 

 28-0 

 26-3 

 290 

 31-0 

 34-2 

 36-3 

 37-3 



Wet. 



Diff. 



.36-1 



35-2 



136-5 



135-4 



j 36-6 



J37-2 



1380 



37-0 



37-1 



! 35-7 



35-0 



34-3 



34-0 



34-9 



33-1 



33-6 



32-1 



32-1 



31-7 

 31-4 



32-3 



32-1 



31-5 



31-6 



31-7 



30-7 



31-5? 



31-4? 



32-1? 



31-4 



30-3 



31-3 



29-9 



30-2 



28-0 



26-2 



25-9 



25-9 



26-3 



27-1 



26-0 



25-6 



25-1 

 27-4 

 27-9 

 27-0 

 27-3 

 26-0 

 26-3 

 25-9 

 25-2 

 27-0 

 29-3 

 31-0 

 32-0 

 33-1 



2-2 

 1-2 

 2-4 

 0.6 

 2-2 

 3-1 

 4-6 

 3-8 

 2-9 

 3-2 

 2-0 

 1-5 

 2-2 

 3-3 

 2-1 

 1-2 

 1-6 

 2-1 



21 



1-6 

 1-0 

 0-7 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 1-9 

 4-1 

 2-2 

 2-5 

 1-6 

 2-7 

 2-4 

 2-6 

 2-3 

 2-6 

 2-1 

 2-6 

 1-6 



2-6 

 3-6 

 2-7 

 2-9 

 2-8 

 20 

 2-0 

 2-1 

 1-1 

 2-0 

 1-7 

 3-2 

 4-3 

 4-2 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 II. lO". 



From 



lb... 



1-5 

 3-1 

 1-6 

 1-9 

 2-3 

 2-4 

 1-7 

 4-5 

 3-7 

 1-8 

 0-9 

 0-9 

 0-0 

 0-5 

 0-9 

 2-1 

 1-6 

 1-7 



3-3 



1-6 

 M 

 1-4 

 1-5 

 1-6 

 1-2 

 0-7 

 1-6 

 4-1 

 2-3 

 1-2 

 1-9 

 2-2 

 1-6 

 1-4 

 1-6 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-4 



11.B. 



2-1 

 0-5 

 1-0 

 0-6 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 2-3 

 3-6 

 2-1 

 0-4 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-6 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 1-0 



11 



0-6 

 1-6 

 1-2 

 0-9 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 1-2 

 1-6 

 0-7 

 1-2 

 11 

 1-9 

 1-3 

 1-9 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-2 



0-1 

 0-5 

 0-0 

 0-3 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 01 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 



24 

 22 

 24 

 24 

 25 



26 

 26 

 25 

 24 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 23 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 28 



28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 29 

 28 

 28 



28 

 28 



28 



28 



16 

 26 

 20 

 30 

 25 

 18 



Clouds, 



:. : C.-s. : Ci., 



moving 



from 



26 



25 : 25 : 25 

 — : — : 25 



— : 27 : - 



28 ; — : - 



28 : 28 : — 

 28 : — : — 



Sky 

 clouded. 



:28 ; 

 : 30: 



30 



30 



— ; — : 30 



0—10. 



1-5 



20 

 2-0 

 3-0 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 30 

 2-5 

 8-0 

 7-5 

 8-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 2-5 

 9-7 

 4-0 

 6-5 



6-5 

 6-0 

 6-0 

 6-0 

 3-0 

 2-0 

 6-0 

 5-0 

 7-0 

 2-0 

 1-5 

 0-2 

 4-0 

 6-0 

 3-0 

 2-0 

 1-5 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 1-0 

 6-5 

 6-5 

 1-0 

 01 



9-0 

 10-0 

 9-5 

 2-5 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 1-0 

 20 

 0-5 

 1-7 

 1-0 

 2-0 

 2-5 

 7-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Heavy clouds on horizon, shower after this. 



Mass of scud on Cheviot, scud in W., S., and E. 



Loose scud ; mass of scud with cirrous top. 



Thin watery scud ; denser scud to S. and SE. ; rainbow. 



Scud. 



Loose scud. 



Id. 



Id. ; passing showers. [N. and S. 



Woolly and linear cirri ; thin scud ; loose cuinuli to 

 Woolly cirri ; thick to SW. 

 Scud ; woolly and diffuse cirri. 

 DiiFuse cirri ; scud. 

 Thin scud. 

 Scud. 



Patches of thin scud ; haze on horizon. 

 Scud ; sky to N. 



Patches of scud ; cirro-cumulous-scud ; cirri. 

 Woolly cirri. 



Woolly cirri 



Id. 

 Scud 



Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id. 



cirri; 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



lunar halo. 



a few flakes of snow. 



. hor. 



Cir.-cum.-seud ; cum.-str., nimbi, cumuli on E 



Scud ; cirro-cumuli ; snow after this. 



Thick scud to SE. ; cirro-cumuli to NE. 



Cumulo-strati to E. and NE. 



Cumulo-strati on NE. and E. horizon ; scud to SW. 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cumuli to E. 



Id. ; cir.-cum.-str. ; cum.-st. to E. : snow lately. 

 Masses of scud ; cumuli on E. horizon. 

 Patches of scud ; loose cumuli to S. ; cum.-str. to E. 



Id. ; cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 



Cum. on E. hor. ; tinge of red to SW. ; sky very clear. 

 Patch of clouds to E. 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; cirrous-haze on horizon. 

 The same ; lunar corona. 

 Cirro-cumulous-scud. 



Id. and cirro-strati to S. 



Cirro-strati on E. horizon. 



Cirro-cumulous-scud. 

 Scud. 

 Id. 



Id., loose cumuli. 

 Cirro-strati to SE. 



Id. 

 Scud, &c. to S. 

 Loose scud to SE. 



Scud ; tops of cumuli seen above scud to E. 

 Cirro-cumulous-scud to E. 



Id. ; streaks of cirri. 



Id. to NE. ; thin cirri. 



Id. to S. and E. ; lin. cir. and cir.-haze. 



Thin linear cirri ; cir.-cum.-scud ; part of sol. halo. 



The direction of the wind is indicated 



motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. 



Jan. SOI 141' .59™ OQ'. A meteor shot 



Jan. aoi IS' 8". A flash of lightning 



of rather thick cirrous clouds, which are 



The 



by the nnmber of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, 8. ^ 16, W. = 24. 



(scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and <_'ir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



from between Castor and Pollux. 



seen above S by E. point of horizon ; it seemed to be in a space between tlie horizon and a stratum 



about 8° above the horizon ; a brighter flash seen in a few minutes ; no thunder heard. 



