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HouELY Meteorological Observations, April 16 — 18, 1844. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



li. 



8 



9 

 10 

 II 

 121 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



17 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



18 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



29-896 

 926 

 927 

 923 

 941 



29-935 

 934 

 928 

 928 

 916 

 917 

 919 

 929 

 926 

 911 

 901 

 885 

 870 

 863 

 827 

 814 

 802 

 789 

 787 

 796 

 774 

 767 

 768 

 765 



29-768 

 766 

 775 

 795 

 807 

 828 

 855 

 867 

 882 

 896 

 917 

 930 

 934 

 949 

 955 

 955 

 963 

 970 

 989 

 29-999 

 30-008 

 OlS 

 004 

 010 



Wet. 



Diff. 



47-4 

 46-6 

 44-0 

 45-2 

 43-7 



42-9 

 43-0 

 44-8 

 45-2 

 45-2 

 46-0 

 46-0 

 46-6 

 48-7 

 52-2 

 53-7 

 56-0 

 55-8 

 54-7 

 57-9 

 55-7 

 52-8 

 52-1 

 49-9 

 48-2 

 48-2 

 46-9 

 44-8 

 460 



46-9 



46-5 



46-2 



45-4 



42-3 



44-0 



43-8 



44-2 



45-2 



46-1 



48-6 



500 



52-0 



540 



53-8 



53-8 



53-5 



520 



48-8 



470 



46-9 



45-4 



44-9 



44-3 



41-3 

 41-0 

 40-9 

 41-9 

 41-1 



41-0 

 42-2 

 42-9 

 43-2 

 43-0 

 44-0 

 44-0 

 44-6 

 460 

 48-3 

 49-0 

 50-1 

 500 

 49-0 

 51-3 

 48-3 

 46-3 

 46-2 

 44-8 

 44-1 

 440 

 43-2 

 420 

 43-4 



44-3 



45-0 



45-4 



44-0 



40-7 



41-5 



41-1 



40-9 



41-5 



41-4 



42-2 



42-6 



44-7 



450 



45-0 



45-0 



44-6 



44-6 



42-3 



41-3 



420 



41-7 



41-3 



41-3 



Wind. 



Masimum 

 force in 

 Ik. 10». 



30-008 1 45-3 42-0 3-3 

 29-991 1 44-8 42-1 2-7 



6-1 

 5-6 

 3-1 

 3-3 

 2-6 



1-9 

 0-8 

 1-9 

 2-0 

 2-2 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 2-7 

 3-9 

 4-7 

 5-9 

 5-8 

 5-7 

 6-6 

 7-4 

 6-5 

 5-9 

 5-1 

 4-1 

 4-2 

 3-7 

 2-8 

 2-6 



2-6 

 1-5 

 0-8 

 1-4 

 1-6 

 2-5 

 2-7 

 3-3 

 3-7 

 4-7 

 6-4 

 7-4 

 7-3 

 9-0 



8-9 

 7-4 

 6-5 

 5-7 

 4-9 

 3-7 

 3-6 

 3-0 



Iba. 



0-8 

 0-5 

 O-I 

 0-2 

 0-1 



00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-5 

 0-9 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 1-3 

 1-8 

 1-4 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-4 

 0-1 



1-0 



0-2 



O-I 



O-I 



O-I 



0-0 



0-0 



0-5 



0-6 



0-9 



20 



1-3 



1-3 



0-8 



I-O 



I-I 



0-7 



0-6 



I-l 



0-3 



0-3 



0-2 



O-I 



0-2 



0-1 

 O-I 



From 



lbs. 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-4 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-8 

 10 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 1-0 

 0-2 

 0-6 

 00 

 0-2 



0-3 



O-I 



0-0 



0-0 



0-0 



00 



00 



0-2 



0-2 



0-5 



1-9 



I-l 



0-9 



0-9 



1-2 



0-2 



0-3 



0-5 



0-2 



01 



0-1 



00 



0-0 



00 



00 

 0-2 



Clouds, 



Sc. :C.-8. :Ci. 



moving 



from 



18 



18 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 20 



19 



20 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



19 



19 

 19 



20 

 20 



23 

 24 

 26 

 25 

 27 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 24 

 26 

 23 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 19 



pt. pt. pt. 



— : 24 : — 



— : 22 : — 



Sky 

 clouded. 



20 : — : — 



20: — : 



17 



19 



17 



22 



;20 



: IS 



26 



: — :28 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



0— 10. 

 9-0 

 8-5 

 6-0 

 5-0 

 9-0 



40 



10-0 



100 



10-0 

 9-9 



100 



100 



lO-O 



100 

 9-9 

 9-5 

 8-0 

 5-0 

 4-0 

 4-0 

 3-0 

 7-0 

 7-0 

 80 

 9-0 

 9-2 

 20 

 1-5 

 90 



9-5 

 9-5 

 10-0 

 9-7 

 7-0 

 9-7 

 9-0 

 90 

 8-5 

 8-0 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 7-0 

 4-0 

 5-0 

 4-0 

 6-0 

 80 

 lO-O 

 9-7 

 8-5 

 100 

 100 



9-9 

 9-9 



cirn. 



woolly and linear cirri, 

 cirrous haze on horizon, 

 linear, crossed, and wo. cirri, 

 crossed and mot. cirri ; cir.-str 



Thick semifluid cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



Scud. 



Id. 



Id. ; sky to E. 



Scud ; sky to E. 

 Id. ; lightest to S. 

 Id. ; very dark. 

 Id. ; id. 

 Band of red-tinged sky to SE. 

 Scud. 

 Id., nearly uniform covering. 

 Id. 

 Misty scud. 



Id. 

 Scud ; cirrous clouds. 

 Scud and loose cumuli 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 



Woolly cirri and cirro-strati. 

 Matted cirro-strati. 

 Loose scud ; cirro-strati ; cirri.* 

 Patches of scud ; cirro-strati and cirri.* 

 Dense cirro-strati lying S by "VV. to N by E. 

 Clouds in patches, chiefly to E . 

 Cirri. &c. ; uniform auroral light to N. 

 Cirrous «louds and patches of scud ; aurora. 



Cirrous clouds ; a few drops of rain. 



Id. ; id. ; stars dim. 



Light rain ; dark. 

 Rain ceased ; clouds broken. 

 Scud ; woolly cirri. 

 Id. ; a few drops of rain. 



Id. ; cir.-str. and linear cirri diverging from NNE. 

 Cirri ; cirro-strati ; scud, cumuli. 

 WooUy cirri ; scud to SE. ; solar halo. [scud ; halo. 



Woolly and linear cirri lying SSW. to XNE. ; cumuli: 

 Scud and loose cumuli ; woolly cirri : cirrous haze. 

 Masses of scud and cumuli ; cirri and cirrous haze. 



Id. ; id. ; 



Loose cumuli ; woolly and linear cirri. 

 Masses of scud and cum. : linear cirri and cirrous haze 

 Id.; id. 



Id. ; woolly and mottled cirri. 



Scud ; woolly and feathered cirri. 

 Id. ; cirri to NW. with rectangular bend. 

 Cirro-strati. 



Id. ; sky to NW. 

 Id. ; stars very dim. 

 Id. 

 Dense cirrous clouds. 



Cirrous clouds 

 Id.; 



a few stars visible, 

 id. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. _ 8, S. — 16, W. _ 24. The 

 motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 

 * See additional meteorological notes after the Hourly Metmrologkai Ohsenatiovs. 



