



Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 8 — 10, 1845. 139 





Baeo- 



METER 



at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds 



, 







Jott. 

 lean 



'ime. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



Ih. 



mum 

 e in 

 lO"-. 



Prom 



Sc.:C.-s. 



movin 



from 



Ci., Sky 

 5 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 





1. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 







i 10 



29-866 



33-1 



320 



1-1 



0-1 



0-0 



24 





0-5 



Cirri and haze on horizon. 





11 



857 



32-7 



31-8 



0-9 



0-2 



0-0 



24 





3-0 



Cirri radiating from SW. and NE. 





12 



857 



31-0 



30-4 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 







5-0 



Id. 





13 



29-851 



30-9 



30-5 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 









7-0 



Cirri ; stars dim. 





14 



843 



30-3 



29-9 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







60 



Id. ; id. 





15 



842 



29-8 



29-5 



0-3 



0-0 



00 



4 





8-0? 



Thin cirri ; stars dim. 





16 



824 



30-3 



29-9 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 



28 





8-0 



Cirri thicker ; id. 





17 



818 



33-1 



32-7 



0-4 



00 



0-0 



16 





7-0 



Id. 





18 



815 



32-1 



31-7 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 



15 





4-0 



Cirri radiating from SW. and NE. 





19 



814 



32-0 



31-6 



0-4 



0-1 



0-0 



22 





4-0 



Scud; cirro-strati. 





20 



815 



32-2 



31-8 



0-4 



0-0 



00 



28 





7-0 



Id. ; id. 





21 



809 



33-4 



32-8 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





7-0 



Cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; cirri ; red to SE. 





22 



816 



34-0 



32-9 



1-1 



0-3 



0-1 



18 



— • 



20 



— 7-0 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



e 



23 



804 



36-9 



35-4 



1-5 



0-2 



0-0 







— : 



— 



20 8-0 



Woolly cirri ; cirro-strati ; haze. 



e 



9 



782 



38-4 



36-7 



1-7 



0-1 



0-1 



14 



— 



— 



20 8-0 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



© 



1 



761 



42-4 



39-3 



3-1 



0-2 



0-1 



28 







— . 



21 8-5 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



<D 



2 



734 



43-3 



39-3 



4-0 



0-1 



0-1 



1 



— : 



— : 



21 8-0 



Sky nearly covered with woolly cirri. 



Q 



3 



734 



42-3 



38-7 



3-6 



0-1 



0-1 



17 



— : 



— 



21 8-0 



Id. 



O 



4 



735 



39-3 



36-3 



3-0 



0-2 



0-1 



17 



: 



20 



— 9-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



Q 



5 



729 



35-5 



33-8 



1-7 



0-2 



0-1 



28 





4-0 



Cirro-strati; cirri lying NE. to SW. since 8"* IS*". 



D 



6 



711 



33-1 



31-9 



1-2 



0-2 



0-0 



17 





1-5 



Thin cirri. 



D 



7 



708 



30-8 



29-8 



1-0 



0-0 



0-0 







0-5 



Band of thin cirrus ; faint aurora to N. 





8 



706 



30-7 



31-2 



... 



00 



0-0 



2 





0-2 



Id. ; fine auroral arch. 





9 



684 



28-7 



28-6 





0-1 



0-0 







0-2 



Id. ; bright aurora. 





10 



655 



29-0 



28-7 



0-3 



00 



0-0 







0-2? 



Id. ; id. 





11 



632 



29-9 



290 



0-9 



0-0 



00 







0-5 



Cirro-strati to N. ; id. 





12 



616 



30-3 



29-4 



0-9 



0-4 



0-4 



16 





0-2 



Id. to NW. 





13 



29-601 



29-1 



28-6 



0-5 



0-1 



0-0 



16 





1-0 



Cirro-strati to N. 





14 



568 



28-8 



28-6 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 







2-0 



Id. to N. ; aurora obscured. 





15 



551 



34-9 



32-7 



2-2 



0-5 



0-8 



16 





8-0 



Cirro-strati, cirri, and haze. 





16 



543 



35-4 



33-9 



1-5 



0-5 



0-1 



17 





10-0 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 





17 



520 



36-3 



34-7 



1-6 



0-6 



0-3 



18 





9-9 



Id. 





18 



505 



38-0 



360 



2-0 



1-0 



0-8 



18 





10-0 



Id. 





19 



491 



38-4 



36-4 



2-0 



0-6 



0-3 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; cirri radiating from SW. 



20 



486 



38-8 



36-8 



20 



0-6 



0-3 



22 



— 



.20 



:— 9-9 



Cirro-stratous scud? reddish to SE. 





21 



466 



38-9 



37-0 



1-9 



0-8 



0-7 



18 



20 



— 



:— 8-0 



Scud; cirro-cumuli; cirro-strati; cirri; red to SE 





22 



458 



39-7 



37-8 



1-9 



1-1 



1-0 



17 



— 



:20 



:— 90 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; loose scud ; cirro-strati ; cirri. 



® 



23 



457 



41-2 



390 



2-2 



1-2 



0-4 



17 



— 



.20 



:— 9-0 



As before ; scud on Cheviot. 









436 



41-7 



39-4 



2-3 



2.3 



1-9 



17 



20 



: — 



:— 9-5 



Scud; cirro-strati; cirri. 





1 



398 



43-0 



40-7 



2-3 



3-4 



2-3 



17 



19 



: — 



: 22 9-5 



Id. ; wooUy cirri ; cirro-strati. 



• 



2 



374 



42-8 



40-5 



2-3 



2-4 



1-0 



17 



17 



— 



:— 9-9 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; cirri. 





3 



340 



43-2 



40-9 



2-3 



2-0 



1-6 



17 



17 



: 



. — 10-0 



Id. ; id. 





4 



311 



43-2 



40-9 



2-3 



1-5 



1-1 



16 



18 



: 



:— 10-0 



Id. ; id. ; cirrous mass. 





5 



289 



43-2 



40-9 



2-3 



2-0 



0-7 



17 



18 



: — 



.— 10-0 



Id. ; id. ; id. 





6 



254 



43-6 



41-0 



2-6 



1-2 



0-5 



16 





9-0 



Id. ; id. ; cirrous haze. 



> 



7 



223 



44-0 



41-2 



2-8 



1-4 



2-1 



16 





9-5 



Scud and cirro-strati. 





8 



201 



43-9 



41-2 



2-7 



1-7 



1-2 



16 





10-0 



Id. 





9 



160 



45-3 



42-2 



3-1 



2-5 



21 



15 





10-0 



Id. ; rain"-5 





10 



116 



45-4 



43-2 



2-2 



2-8 



1-5 



16 





100 



Id. ; rain»-2 





11 



079 



47-0 



44-3 



2-7 



5-2 



4-2 



16 





9-5 



Id. ; id. 





12 



060 



46-7 



44-5 



2-2 



5-2 



3-8 



17 





9-9 



Id. ; clouds broken. 





13 



29-049 



470 



44-8 



2-2 



3-8 



2-5 



16 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-strati ; rain'''^ 





14 



044 



46-9 



45-0 



1-9 



3-8 



2-0 



17 





100 



Id. ; id. 





15 



045 



46-9 



45-1 



1-8 



2-3 



1-8 



16 





8-0 



Id. ; stars dim. 





16 



044 



47-7 



460 



1-7 



2-5 



2-4 



17 







10-0 



Id. ; rain^'^ 





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

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



24. The 



