Hourly Meteorological Observations, December 5 — 7, 1844. 



299 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 It. 10». 



Prom 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-s. :Ci, 



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



5 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 



14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



6 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



7 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 



30.024 



017 



015 



001 



30-010 



29-998 



29-997 



29-993 



30006 



012 



017 



009 



Oil 



30002 



29-999 



30-004 



30-006 



29-998 



29-996 



29-994 



30-009 



013 



024 



031 



on 



005 

 000 

 009 

 Oil 

 019 

 026 

 042 

 052 

 050 

 044 

 048 

 062 



30-072 

 069 

 083 

 085 

 091 

 083 

 089 

 099 

 111 

 117 

 133 

 120 

 114 

 101 

 120 

 124 

 133 

 121 

 125 



28-2 

 30-3 

 311 

 29-7 

 28-6 

 24-9 

 24-9 

 23-6 

 24-2 

 23-5 

 23-5 

 22-0 

 22-4 



22-0 

 19-6 

 18-5 

 18-4 

 20-2 

 20-9 

 20-6 

 22-0 

 22-2 

 22-4 

 23-5 

 24-7 

 26-8 

 28-2 

 30-2 

 29-0 

 26-8 

 26-2 

 22-7 

 23-2 

 19-S 

 22-3 

 22-3 

 22-3 



23-7 

 22-7 

 22-3 

 19-8 

 18-7 

 17-7 

 16-1 

 16-7 

 15-3 

 17-9 

 19-7 

 22-7 

 25-0 

 31-4 

 30-8 

 27-7 

 28-0 

 29-9 

 30-8 



27-6 

 29-4 

 30-0 

 29-0 

 28-0 

 251 

 24-9 



24-0 

 23-6 

 23-5 

 22-3 

 22-2 



21-5 

 19-8 

 18-5 

 18-7 

 19-9 

 20-6 

 20-5 

 21-9 

 220 

 22-2 

 23-2 

 24-2 

 26-0 

 27-3 

 28-8 

 27-8 

 26-0 

 25-3 

 22-8 

 22-9 

 20-1 

 21-7 

 220 

 22-0 



23-3 

 22-6 

 22-0 

 19-8 

 18-8 

 17-4 

 160 

 16-2 

 15-4 

 17-2 

 19-0 

 21-8 

 24-3 

 30-2 

 29-8 

 27-1 

 26-9 

 28-2 

 29-0 



0-6 

 0-9 

 1-1 

 0-7 

 0-6 



0-2 



0-2 

 0-5 



0-3 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-8 

 0-9 

 1-4 

 1-2 

 0-8 

 0-9 



0-3 



0-6 

 0-3 

 0-3 



0-4 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-0 



0-3 



0-5 



0-7 

 0-7 

 0-9 

 0-7 

 1-2 

 10 

 0-6 

 1-1 

 1-7 

 1-8 



lbs. 



0-1 

 0-2 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-2 



01 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 O-I 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 



lbs. 



0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 01 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 1-0 

 0-8 



pt. 



26 

 22 

 22 

 21 

 24 

 26 



23 

 24 

 16 

 22 

 24 

 20 



19 

 17 

 18 

 20 

 22 

 21 

 17 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 22 

 20 

 18 

 20 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 18 

 20 

 22 

 20 



20 

 28 

 24 

 18 

 26 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 18 



pt. pt. pt. 



— : 28 : 28 



: — :28 



:24 



: — ;31 



; — :31 



0—10. 



70 

 8-0 

 6-0 

 8-0 

 6-0 

 4-0 

 4-0 

 3-0 

 3-0 

 4-0 

 40 

 20 

 10 



1-0 

 1-0 

 . 0-5 

 1-0 

 2-5 

 1-5 

 4-0 

 9-0 

 8-0 

 6-0 

 7-0 

 3-5 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 1-0 

 3-0 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 5-0 



9-9 

 2-0 

 1-5 

 10 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 2-0 

 4-0 

 5-0 

 5-0 

 3-0 

 6-5 

 7-0 

 7-0 

 7-0 

 1-0 

 0-5 

 0-0 



Cirri ; cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. 

 Woolly cirri ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Tlie same ; traces of a halo. 



Id. ; cirri scarcely moving. 



Id. 

 Cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. 

 Cirri ; id. 



Id. ; id. ; stars very dim. 



As before. 



Id. 



Id. ; stars rather dim. 



Id. 



As before. 



Id. 

 Cir. and cir. haze, on NW. hor. throughout the 



Id. id. 



Id. 



Id. ; lunar corona and halo. 



Id. ; id. 



Cirro-strati ; cirrous haze, tinged red. 

 Woolly cirri, tinged yellow. 



O 



night. 



Id.: 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.: 



cirro-strati 

 id. 

 id.; 

 id.; 

 id.; 

 id.; 

 id.; 



scud. 



cirrous haze. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



Cirri ; cirrous haze. 



Very clear. 



Hazy on N. horizon. 



Hazy on horizon. 

 Cirri ; cirrous haze. 



Cirrous clouds ? 

 Cirri and cirrous haze ? 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Hazy. 

 Haze on horizon. 



Id. 

 Cirri ; hazy on horizon ; 

 Id. ; id. ; 



red to SE. 



tinged red round horizon. 



Woolly cirri, radiating from NE by N. and S W by S. Q) 

 Id. ; hazy on horizon. © 



Cirri ; very hazy on horizon. © 



Linear cirri ; id. Q 



Id. ; id. ; scud on Cheviot. © 



Id. ; id. ; id. © 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



Patch of scud to S. ; cirri ; hazy on horizon. 



Patches of cir.-str. to S. and SW. ; cir. haze on hor. 



Clear. 



The 



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

 Dec. 5'! ISi". Observation made at IS' 13». 



Dec. Si 18'' 55". Kelso bells heard very distinctly. [frozen. 



Dec. 6d 5^ — 10*1 2^. The force of the wind has been estimated during this time, the water in the cistern of the anemometer having been 



