HouELY Meteorological Observations, January 24 — 27, 1845. 



145 



^-i . i 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Cloud 



s> 







Gott. 

 VIean 

 Dime. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Difif. 



Maxi 

 fore 



mum 

 e in 

 10". 



Prom 



Sc: C.-s, 



movin 



from 



: Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 





1. h. 



in. 



o 



<> 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 







4 5 



29-542 



40-9 



38-2 



2-7 



0-6 



0-1 



23 





1-5 



Cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; cirri ; clouds tinged rec 



, 



6 



570 



37-6 



36-7 



0-9 



0-1 



0-0 



24 





0-8 



Cirro-strati ; haze on E. horizon. 





7 



592 



35-7 



34-4 



1-3 



0-3 



0-3 



18 





0-0 



Moon risen very orange-coloured. 



J> 



8 



615 



36-5 



34-5 



20 



0-3 



0-3 



20 





01 



Streaks of cirri to N. 



1) 



9 



635 



33-4 



32-5 



0-9 



0-3 



0-1 



18 





0-1 



Cirri to E. 



J 



10 



648 



32-9 



32-1 



0-8 



0-3 



0-3 



20 





0-2 



Cirri to SW. ; scud on Cheviot. 



]) 



11 



661 



37-1 



350 



2-1 



0-7 



0-1 



18 



— : — 



28 2-0 



Bands of cirri lying NW by N. to SW by S. ; patches of scud. 



> 



12 



669 



33-4 



32-3 



1-1 



0-4 



00 



17 





1-0 



Bands of cirri : portion of a halo. 



]) 



13 



29-662 



32-7 



31-8 



0-9 



0-2 



00 



10 





0-5 



Cirri; cirro-strati. 



]) 



14 



663 



350 



33-6 



1-4 



0-6 



0-6 



20 





1-0 



Cirri and cir.-str. on hor. ; patches of scud to NW. 



]) 



15 



654 



33-8 



32-9 



0-9 



0-5 



0-1 



20 



— : — 



26 1-5 



Sheets of thin cirro-strati and cirri. 



D 



16 



629 



33-6 



330 



0-6 



0-4 



0-3 



18 





7-0 



Cir.-cum. ; sheets of cir.-str. ; cir. haze ; lunar halo and corona. 



> 



17 



609 



35-9 



350 



0-9 



0-5 



0-6 



19 



20:28 



- 100 



Scud ; cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati. 





18 



575 



38-6 



370 



1-6 



0-8 



0-4 



19 





10-0 



Thick scud and cirro-strati. 





19 



539 



40-2 



38-4 



1-8 



1-7 



1-1 



19 



22:28 



— 10-0 



Scud ; watery cirrous haze and cirro-strati. 



> 



20 



512 



40-8 



38-8 



2-0 



3-7 



3-8 



18 





100 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; id. ; tinged red on SE. 





21 



494 



41-2 



39-2 



20 



2-8 



1-3 



18 



— 



20 



— 10-0 



Id. 





22 



435 



440 



42-4 



1-6 



3-4 



4-0 



19 



19 



23 



— 10-0 



Loose, watery scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; cirrous mass. | 



23 



416 



46-0 



440 



20 



4-4 



30 



20 



19 



24 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 





5 



386 



48-4 



460 



2-4 



4-5 



4-3 



20 



20 



24 



— 9-5 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; cirro-cumuli ; wild sky. 





1 



362 



49-2 



470 



2-2 



3-5 



2-8 



18 



20 



24 



— 9-8 



Id. ; id. ; id. 





2 



345 



49-3 



47-5 



1-8 



2-8 



3-1 



20 



20 



— 



— 100 



Id. 





3 



301 



48-4 



47-2 



1-2 



3-3 



1-7 



20 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. ; id. 





4 



269 



48-8 



47-5 



1-3 



2-8 



20 



20 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. ; id. 





5 



250 



49-8 



47-8 



2-0 



4-6 



3-3 



19 



20 



— ■ 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 





6 



202 



49-7 



480 



1-7 



3-3 



3-1 



19 



20 



— 



— 100 



Loose scud ; dense homogeneous cirro-strati. 





7 



156 



50-1 



48-9 



1-2 



3-5 



30 



18 





100 



Occasional rain""^"^ since 6''. 





8 



109 



504 



490 



1-4 



4-2 



3-2 



18 





100 



Rain 0-5- 





9 



29-050 



50-6 



49-2 



1-4 



3-0 



3-5 



19 





100 



Id. 





10 



28-983 



50-1 



49-0 



1-1 



3-1 



4-3 



18 





100 



Id. 





11 



933 



50-3 



48-7 



1-6 



4-4 



4-4 



18 





10-0 



Rain i'^- 





12 



944 



47-0 



43-2 



3-8 



4-3 



3-2 



20 



22: — 



— 4-0 



Misty scud ; cirro-strati ; cirri 



D 



12| 



28-918 



45-7 



42-7 



30 



... 



... 







90 



Rain 0-2- 





23i 



29026 



40-2 



35-5 



4-7 



8-7 



2-3 



25 



27: — 



26 



Patches of scud ; woolly cirri ; cirro-strati slowly. 





6 5 



306 



... 



... 



... 



... 



... 









Cloudy throughout the day, occasional © and flakes of snow, p.x 



. 



13 



29-302 



29-9 



27-4 



2-5 



5-5 



0-3 



20 





40 



Very thin cirri ; lunar halo and corona. 



D 



14 



287 



28-6 



26-6 



2-0 



0-4 



0-2 



20 





4-0 



Auroral cirri ; id. ; id. 



]) 



15 



240 



27-8 



26-0 



1-8 



0-3 



01 



21 





50 



Id. ; id. 



]) 



16 



175 



28-6 



26-9 



1-7 



0-4 



0-1 



20 



— :24 



— 9-8 



Cirrous mass, gradually growing denser. 



> 



17 



120 



30-5 



28-6 



1-9 



0-5 



0-0 



24 





100 



Id., less dense ; cirro-strati below. 



> 



18 



062 



301 



28-6 



1-5 



0-0 



... 



28 





100 



Homogeneous mass of cirri. 





19 



29-006 



29-7 



291 



0-6 



01 



0-2 



7 





10-0 



Id., snowi ; snow began at 1&^ 30". 





20 



28-970 



29-2 



28-9 



0-3 



0-0 



0-1 



7 





10-0 



Id., snow -■^; 1^ inch deep. 





21 



944 



29-7 



29-4 



0-3 



0-1 



0-1 



2 





10-0 



Snow2 ; 21 





22 



920 



29-2 



28-8 



0-4 



0-2 



00 



4 





10-0 



Flakes of snow ; 3 





23 



888 



31-2 



30-6 



0-6 



0-2 



00 



4 





10-0 



Snow- 





7 



880 



32-6 



32-0 



0-6 



00 



0-1 



30 





100 



Flakes of snow. 





1 



868 



33-7 



32-2 



1-5 



0-2 



0-3 



25 





10-0 



Cirrous mass ; mean depth of snow 2*9 inches. 



• 



2 



857 



33-3 



321 



1-2 



0-2 



0-1 



28 



— 



26 



— 10-0 



Cirro-strati ; cirrous mass. 





3 



838 



33-2 



32-4 



0-8 



0-5 



0-5 



26 







28 



— 9-9 



Scud ; dense cirro-strati. 





4 



830 



32-1 



31-8 



0-3 



0-7 



0-6 



28 



— 



28 



— 7-5 



Cirrous scud ; cirro-strati ; wooUy cirri. 



O 



5 



825 



31-2 



30-8 



0-4 



0-6 



0-6 



28 



30 



— 



— 90 



Scud, cirro-strati, cirri ; clouds tinged red. 





1 6 



821 



31-5 



310 



0-5 



0-6 



0-6 



29 





10-0 



Homogeneous mass ; breaks to SW. and W. 





7 



821 



31-4 



31-2 



0-2 



0-6 



0-5 



28 





100 



Snowi, (since 6'' IS-".) 





8 



823 



31-6 



31-0 



0-6 



0-5 



0-4 



29 





10-0 



Snow 1, fine particles. 





The direction ( 



3f the V 



rind is indicated by the number 



of the po 



int of the con 



pass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The | 



■ motions of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cii 



"ro-stratus 



), and Ci. Ccir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





. Jan. 24151'. 



Sky pur 



plish on E. horizon ; at 6'', darl 



i red on g 



>W. horizon, a 



nd slightly orange above. 





1 Jan. 24'! 11'' a 



1 



nd ISi', 



and 26<i ISi-. See Notes on the 



AurorcB B 



oreales. 









AG. AND 1 



lEX. 01 



!s. 184 



5. 















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