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Hourly Meteorological Observations, September 7 — 10, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. \\. 

 7 6 



10 

 11 

 12 



23 



8 13 



lA 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



9 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



10 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 II 

 12 



Baro- 



METER 



at 32°. 



29-565 

 565 

 572 

 570 

 582 

 609 

 611 



29-679 



Thekmometers. 



29-568 

 561 

 562 

 566 

 538 

 561 

 556 

 540 

 519 

 508 

 500 

 492 

 493 

 487 

 481 

 489 

 481 

 477 

 467 

 458 

 456 



29-452 

 458 

 456 

 460 

 467 

 474 

 501 

 516 

 526 

 533 

 545 

 548 

 559 

 570 

 578 

 594 

 608 

 620 

 641 

 658 

 675 

 688 

 702 

 714 



Dry. 



65-2 

 63-0 

 61-7 



59-5 

 57-7 

 54-4 

 34- 1 

 540 



52-2 

 52-1 

 52-4 

 51-8 

 31-4 

 540 

 33-8 

 37-2 

 38-3 

 390 

 60-2 

 58-8 

 58-0 

 58-0 

 56-6 

 54-1 

 53-8 

 54-0 

 54-3 

 54-3 

 53-9 



53-7 

 53-0 

 51-9 

 50-6 

 47-0 

 45-6 

 45-6 

 51-2 

 53-6 

 156-0 

 ! 56-8 

 |l58-3 

 58-8 

 58-9 

 59-1 

 60-2 

 58-0 

 57-2 

 55-4 

 50-7 

 50-0 

 48-1 

 46-9 

 45-8 



Wet. 



Diff. 



62-1 

 61-2 

 60-2 

 590 

 56-5 

 540 

 53-7 

 50-9 



51-8 

 51-7 

 51-9 

 49-6 

 300 

 31-3 

 32-3 

 52-9 

 33-5 

 52-8 

 52-8 

 520 

 51-4 

 51-2 

 51-4 

 500 

 50-1 

 50-1 

 50-9 

 51-1 

 51-1 



31-6 

 51-8 

 49-9 

 48-3 

 45-7 

 44-6 

 44-6 

 48-0 

 49-2 

 51-1 

 51-2 

 51-3 

 31-1 

 50-8 

 52-1 

 53-1 

 51-4 

 51-7 

 50-2 

 480 

 47-4 

 46- 1 

 45-1 

 44-2 



Wind. 



3-1 

 1-8 

 1-5 

 0-3 

 1-2 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 3-1 



0-4 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 2-2 

 1-4 

 2-7 

 3-3 

 4-3 

 4-8 

 6-2 

 7-4 

 6-8 

 6-6 

 6-8 



t5-2 

 4-1 



;3-7 

 3-9 

 3-4 

 3-2 

 2-8 



2-1 

 1-2 

 2-0 

 21 

 1-3 

 1-0 



fl-O 

 3-2 



44-4 

 4-9 

 3-6 

 7-0 

 7-7 

 8-1 

 70 

 7-1 

 6-6 

 5-5 

 5-2 

 2-7 

 2-6 

 20 

 1-8 

 1-6 



Maximum 

 force in 

 lb. ilO". 



From 



U.S. 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-4 

 0-9 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-8 



0-4 

 00 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-7 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-9 

 0-6 

 0-8 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-6 



0-3 

 0-7 

 04 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 01 



llPS. 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-9 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-4 



0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 06 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 02 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-2 



0-5 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 



28 

 27 

 20 

 22 

 23 

 25 

 22 

 22 

 23 

 28 

 23 

 22 

 22 

 24 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 18 



20 

 21 

 22 

 20 

 6 

 28 

 22 

 25 

 22 

 24 

 23 

 26 

 26 

 27 

 27 

 26 

 28 

 26 

 25 

 22 

 22 



C'loud<:. 



Sc. : C.-8. :Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt pt. pt. 



20:20 



16 



17 



16 



14: — : 



21 : 



Sky 

 clouded 



21 ;- 



0—10. 



9-9 



9-8 



100 



9-5 



100 



lO-O 



10-0 



10-0 



100 

 100 

 9-8 

 7-0 

 6-0 

 7-0 

 7-5 

 5-0 

 2-5 

 10 

 1-2 

 0-7 

 0-7 

 0-5 

 6-5 

 9-0 

 9-2 

 9-5 

 9-8 

 9-9 

 10-0 



10-0 

 7-5 

 3-0 

 2-5 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 1-0 

 6-5 

 4-5 

 8-5 

 90 

 8-0 

 9-0 

 7-5 

 9-0 

 92 

 9-5 

 8-0 

 2-0 

 10 

 1-0 

 0-2 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarlis, 



Scud ; cir.-cum.-str. ; piles of cumuli to SE. ; drops of 

 Id. ; cumuli ; cirro-strati. [rain ; electric looking. 



rain* ; thunder storm since 



i" 15". 

 ; rain^'S 



Id 



Id. ; sky in zenith ; distant thunder ; 

 Dark ; occasional lightning ; rain"'^ 

 Very dark ; rain"''' 



Id. 

 Sunday — Overcast ; homogeneous scud. 



Homogeneous scud ? rain^'^ 



Id. 

 Misty scud; cirro-stratous scud; cirro-strati; cirri. 

 Id. ; id. ; woolly and linear cirri. 



id. 



id. 



fine linear cirri. 



Id.: 



Loose scud ; 



Id. 



Id. ; fine linear cirri. 

 Scud ; loose cumuli : woolly and linear cirri, 

 loose cumuli on horizon : woolly cirri, 

 woollv cirri. 



Id. ; 



Id.: 



Id. 



Id.; 



Id.; 



loose cumuli ; loose cumuli on S. horizon, 

 loose cumuli on S. horizon ; cirro-strati. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; mottled cirro-strati ; cirri. 



Id. ; cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri, &c. 



As last hour. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Scud : cirro-strati. 

 Id. 



Scud. 

 Id. 

 Thin scud and cirro-strati. 



Id. 

 Patches of cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Id. 



Id. O 



Cirro-stratous scud ; mottled, &o. cirro-strati. O 



id. ; mottled cirri ; cirro-strati. 



Cir.-cum.-str. : scud ; patches of scud ; loose cumuli. © 



Scud ; loose ciinudi : id. G 



Id.: id.; range of cumuli to SE. 9 



Id. ; cumuli ; cirro-strati. P 



Loose cumuli ; cirrous edged cumuli moving variously. 



Id.; scud; piles of cuuiulo-strati. 



Cir.-cum.-str., with scud dripping from it ; cum.-str. 



id. ; cirro-strati ; woolly cirri. 



CiiTo-cumulous scud ; woolly cirro-cumuli ; cirri. 

 Ifi. ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



Id. : diiluse cirri ; cirro-strati. 



Cirri and cirro-strati on horizon. 

 Thin clouds near horizon. 



Id. on K. horizon. 

 Clouds on N. and E. horizon. 



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. 

 motions of the three strain of clouds. Sc. (scud), f'.-s. (cirro-stratus), and ''ir. Ccirriis), sre indicated in a .similar manner. 

 Sept. 8' lijb. Observation made at 16'' 6™. 

 Sept. 9** ITb. Observation made at 17'' 20'*'. 



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