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TJio following are examples of abnormal rise and fall of barometer: 

 At noon, March 24, tJie barometer being 30 :()() (moderate N. breezes), 

 started dropping steadily. The wind encircled tlie compass, going 

 from N. to E. through vSW. and back to NE. It blew NE. until 

 6 a. m.. Marcli 26, the l>arometer at 29.73, wlien it came out from the 

 NW. The barometer continued falling until 5 a. m., March 27, 

 wlien 29.58 was reached. The NW. wind continued blowing with a 

 rising barometer until midnight Marcli 30, when the atmospheric 

 pressure registered 30.05, and the wind hauled to NE. Aj)ril 1 saw 

 a small drop to 29.97 but it rose again to 30.10 witli a SSW. breeze. 

 A normal barometer continued until A])ril 3, when a drop came. It 

 dro])ped very slowly, wind increasing from the SE. until 7 a. m., 

 A]iril 5, wlien 29.59 was reached. The wind tlien came out from the 

 WSW. A variable barometer existed, but gales from the WSW., 

 WNW.. and SW. blew during April 6, 7, and 8, the barometer 

 dropping to its lowest (29.58) again on April 9, wlien a gale from the 

 NW. set in. The barometer started to rise, reaching 29.70, and then 

 dropped. SW. and WSW. gales prevailing on Aj^ril 10 and 11. The 

 barometer reached its lowest, 29.56, at 3 a. m., April 11. On A])ril 

 12 the wind backed to ENE. and the barometer rose to 29.86 when 

 it again began to drop. This drop continued until 1 a. m., April 13, 

 when it reached 29.49. The wind shifted from ENE. to the NW. with 

 gale force and a rapidly rising })arometer. At midnigJit, A])rd 13, 

 the barometer reached 30.01 and continued rising until 11 a. m., 

 April 14, it read 30.10. The wind came from tlie NE. with a rising 

 barometer which continued until the morning of April 16, when the 

 wind changed to strong southerly breezes and the barometer began 

 to, dro]:>. This drop, however, was slight, going only to 29.98 when 

 a decided rise followed. A "'high'' existed all of April 18. reaching 

 30.30 AWth NW. breezes. On April 22, at 2 a. m., the barometer 

 dropped by leaps and bounds. and a NE. breeze arose with rain and 

 fog. At midniglit the barometer reached 29.63, with a SW. gale. It 

 continued dro})ping until 7 p. m., Ajiril 23, when 29.22 was reached./ 

 A variable but low pressure existed on A]>ril 25, steadying to 29.52 

 with moderate SW. to NW. gales, dropping to 29.47 on April 26, 

 with moderate NW. gales and continuing to April 27 and 28, when 

 the gales ceased and the barometer took a sudden rise with moderate 

 NE. breezes. 



From a normal barometer of 30.13 on May 21, with light SW. 

 breezes, the register dropped by leaps and bounds until at midnight 

 it read 29.82. with strong southerly breezes; 2 a. m., May 22, 29.67 

 with moderate SE. gale; 5 a. m., 29.48 with strong SE. gale, hauling 

 to a full SW. gale; and an immediate rise to 29.52 at 6 a. m. In 

 the succeeding interval the register teetered, reaching 29.56 with 



