Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 2 — 6, 1845. 



137 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



in. 



29-589 

 589 

 579 

 572 

 561 

 545 

 554 

 563 

 577 

 586 

 606 

 623 

 650 

 669 

 691 

 707 



29-730 

 741 

 758 

 773 

 791 

 800 

 816 

 833 

 843 

 850 

 842 

 836 

 813 

 789 

 768 

 742 

 726 

 708 

 681 

 661 

 624 

 602 

 543 

 518 



29-561 



29-445 

 441 

 445 

 431 

 427 

 441 

 480 

 528 

 587 

 638 

 681 

 703 

 725 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



34-7 

 35-2 

 36-0 

 36-9 

 37-6 

 38-0 

 390 

 39-2 

 39-4 

 38-9 

 380 

 36-7 

 38-6 

 38-3 

 36-3 

 36-5 



37-4 

 37-2 

 36-9 

 38-5 

 37-5 

 38-8 

 35-0 

 34-6 

 34-5 

 35-6 

 371 

 38-0 

 38-6 

 39-5 

 39-8 

 41-0 

 41-6 

 411 

 42-3 

 43-2 

 43-4 

 43-7 

 44-4 

 44-3 



50-4 



48-3 

 47-9 

 47-9 

 47-6 

 48-9 

 49-0 

 500 

 50-2 

 47-6 

 45-8 

 45-8 

 45-0 

 44-2 



Wet. 



33-3 

 33-7 

 34-8 

 35-9 

 36-4 

 37-0 

 38-0 

 38-1 

 38-1 

 38-2 

 37-3 

 36-1 

 37-7 

 37-5 

 35-7 

 36-0 



36-2 

 35-9 

 35-5 

 36-7 

 36-0 

 36-4 

 33-8 

 33-3 

 33-2 

 34-3 

 35-7 

 36-6 

 370 

 37-9 

 38-2 

 39-3 

 39-7 

 39-3 

 40-4 

 41-1 

 41-4 

 41-8 

 42-7 

 42-8 



48-3 



46-6 

 46-7 

 46-7 

 46-3 

 47-4 

 47-5 

 47-0 

 46-5 

 43-4 

 42-0 

 42-0 

 40-7 

 40-2 



Diff. 



1-4 

 1-5 

 1-2 

 1-0 

 1-2 

 1-0 

 1-0 

 11 

 1-3 

 0-7 

 0-7 

 0-6 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 0-5 



1-2 

 1-3 

 1-4 

 1-8 

 1-5 

 2-4 

 1-2 

 1-3 

 1-3 

 1-3 

 1-4 

 1-4 

 1-6 

 1-6 

 1-6 

 1-7 

 1-9 

 1-8 

 1-9 

 2-1 

 2-0 

 1-9 

 1-7 

 1-5 



2-1 



1-7 

 1-2 

 1-2 

 1-3 

 1-5 

 1-5 

 3-0 

 3-7 

 4-2 

 3-8 

 3-8 

 4-3 

 40 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 



li-. 10' 



lbs. 



0-2 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 1-2 

 1-0 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-1 

 01 



01 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 1-2 

 1-7 

 1-0 

 3-5 

 2-0 

 2-3 

 2-7 

 3-2 

 3-4 

 3-5 

 3-7 



3-5 



5-2 

 3-6 

 3-0 

 3-8 

 3-2 

 2-6 

 21 

 1-9 

 1-9 

 1-7 

 11 

 1-4 

 10 



Prom 



lbs. 



0-1 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-7 

 07 

 0-8 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-1 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 1-3 

 0-8 

 1-7 

 1-8 

 3-8 

 2-5 

 2-0 

 3-6 



1-8 



2-6 

 2-9 

 2-4 

 2-2 

 2-3 

 1-9 

 1-4 

 1-6 

 1-6 

 1-0 

 0-5 

 0-7 

 11 



pt. 

 18 

 21 

 21 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 22 

 18 

 14 

 20 



20 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 22 

 24 

 16 

 20 

 20 

 22 

 20 

 22 

 17 

 20 

 19 

 20 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



22 



20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 24 

 23 

 22 

 23 

 23 

 22 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 

 20 : — : — 



22: 



22?; 



23 : — : — 



Sky 

 clouded. 



22 



0-10. 



10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 



9-5 



9-9 



9-0 



6-0 



9-0 V. 



7-Ov, 



9-5 



0-8 



0-8 



0-2 



00 



0-0 



0-2 



00 



0-2 



01 



0-3 



4-0 



30 



9-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



4-0 



90 



6-0 



80 



9-0 



8-0 



8-5 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Nearly homogeneous scud. 

 Id. 



Id. ; drops of rain, 



slight shower of sleet since last observation. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Scud ; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id. 



cirrous mass. 



cirro-cumuli ; cirrous mass, 

 cirro-strati, 

 id. 



Scud, cirro-strati ; stars dim. 

 The same. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Cirri. 

 Id. 



Thin cirri on E. horizon. 



Thin cirri on W. horizon. 



Thin cirri on N. and S. horizon. 

 Faint lunar corona. 



Id. ; thin cirri, scud on Cheviot. 



Patches of scud ; cirrous haze. 

 Light cirri and cirrous haze. 

 Cir. and cir. haze over the sly ; traces of a halo. 

 Cirrous clouds, becoming very dense. 

 Dense cirro-strati. 

 Scud : dense cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Scud ; dense homogeneous mass. 

 As before. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id.: 



Id.: 



Id. 



Id. 



D 

 O 



e 



very dark. 



id. 

 light band on N. and S. horizon, 

 clouds broken. 



Scud ; dense cirro-strati. 



Scud; rain ^"^■ 

 Id. ; drops of rain 

 Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. ; 



As before. 

 Id. 



cirro-strati. 



id. 

 cirro-strati ; 



very dark. 



Scud ; 



Id.; 

 Scud; 

 Scud; 



Id.; 



Id.; 



Id.; 



cirri, 

 woolly cirri and cirro-strati. 



id., lying WSW. to ENE. 

 id., id. 



id., id. 



e 



e 

 e 



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 

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



MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1845. 



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