152 



HouELY Meteorological Obsebvations, February 12 — 14, 1845. 



1 





Thermometers. 





Wind. 







■ 



Gbtt. ; 



Mean 



Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 













Cloud 



s, 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



1\ 



mum 

 e in 

 10-°. 



From 



Sc. : C.-s 



moviri 



from 



: Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 







o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





12 3 



30028 



32-4 



30-8 



1-6 



0-8 



0-6 



18 





10-0 



Nearly homogeneous cirrous mass ; snow since 2^. 



4 



30-004 



31-9 



30-0 



1-9 



0-7 



0-5 



18 





100 



Undulated cirro-strati and cirrous mass. 



5 



29-988 



320 



30-2 



1-8 



0-7& 



0-6 



19 





10-0 



Nearly homogeneous cirrous mass. 



6 



976 



32- 1 



30-4 



1-7 



0-6 



0-3 



20 





100 



Homogeneous clouds ; snow^ 



7: 



972 



31-3 



30-4 



0-9 



0-4 



0-2 



19 





10-0 



Id. ; snow-. 



8i 



946 



32-4 



31-6 



0-8 



0-5 



0-8 



18 





10-0 



SnowO'S ; vivid flash of lightning at 8'' 10™, ) 



9 



909 



32-7 



31-6 



1-1 



1-1 



0-6 



18 





10-0 



Id. 



10 



879 



33-7 



32-5 



1-2 



3-7 



3-0 



17 





10-0 



Id. 



11 



873 



33-8 



32-4 



1-4 



2-9 



1-4 



18 





100 



Scud. 



12 



855 



33-4 



32-0 



1-4 



1-7 



1-2 



18 





10-0 



Id. ; snow^. 



13 



29-828 



33-7 



32-3 



1-4 



2-3 



2-3 



17 





10-0 



Scud ; snow"'^. 



14 



785 



35-5 



33 



2-5 



2-2 



2-2 



18 





100 



Id. 



15 



756 



37-8 



36-4 



1-4 



3-8 



3-2 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; rain^. 



16 



713 



38-8 



37-0 



1-8 



4-6 



6-2 



21 





10-0 



Id. 



17 



685 



38-0 



36-5 



1-5 



5-0 



3-8 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; rain^. 



18 



652 



38-2 



36-5 



1-7 



50 



3-6 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; raini. 



19 



623 



38-7 



36-7 



2-0 



4-0 



3-8 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



20 



590 



38-9 



36-9 



2-0 



3-9 



2-4 



20 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Loose scud ; dense cirro-strati. 



21 



567 



39-9 



37-8 



2-1 



6-1 



3-4 



19 



19 



23 



— 100 



Thin, loose scud ; loose cirro-strati ; cirro-strati. 



22 



536 



40-4 



38-7 



1-7 



4-6 



3-1 



20 



20 



24 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



23 



506 



40-7 



39-4 



1-3 



3-3 



2-5 



19 



20 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; drops of rain. 



13 



493 



40-2 



38-9 



1-3 



2-7 



1-7 



18 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



1 



458 



42-4 



41-0 



14 



2-2 



0-8 



19 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



2 



426 



44-0 



42-1 



1-9 



1-8 



1-7 



18 



20:23 



.— 90 



Id.; id.; bluecir.-str.toE.Q 



3 



388 



43-7 



42-0 



1-7 



2-9 



1-9 



20 



21 : 23 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. ; drops of rain. 



4 



374 



43-8 



42-7 



1-1 



1-8 



1-0 



18 





10-0 



Scud, rather thicker; cirro-strati; drizzle""-. 



5 



372 



45-0 



43-2 



1-8 



1-6 



0-7 



21 



24:22 



22 6-5 



Id. 



cirro-cumulous scud ; many varieties of cirri. 



6 



377 



44-5 



40-8 



3-7 



3-3 



01 



20 



24 : 24 



— 8-0 



Id. 



id. ; cirri ; sky red. I 



7 



377 



43-7 



40-3 



3-4 



1-2 



3-5 



25 



25: — 



— 2-0 



Id. 



id. J 



8 



407 



42-7 



400 



2-7 



31 



1-5 



23 





9-5 



Id. 



shower since last. 



9 



415 



41-7 



38-8 



2-9 



0-9 



0-6 



20 





90 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



10 



406 



40-0 



37-4 



2-6 



1-3 



0-8 



20 





40 



Cir.-cum. scud ; loose cir.-str. ; bands of thin cirri. J 



11 



395 



39-4 



36-4 



3-0 



1-0 



1-2 



20 



24: — 



— 1-8 



Patches of scud ; bands of cirri ; bluish corona. J) 



12 



399 



37-5 



34-7 



2-8 



M 



0-6 



20 





0-0 



Faint lunar corona. } 



13 



29-404 



37-1 



34-4 



2-7 



0-6 



0-6 



21 





0-0 



Very clear ; 12'^ 5™, meteor from zenith to NW. J 



14 



393 



36-3 



33-6 



2-7 



0-6 



0-5 



20 





0-2 



Scud to W. } 



15 



402 



36-3 



34-1 



2-2 



1-0 



0-5 



21 





00 



Clear ; stars twinkling very hard. 



16 



414 



34-8 



32-8 



2-0 



0-6 



0-1 



20 





0-5 



Cirro-strati to E. 



17 



407 



35-2 



328 



2-4 



0-5 



0-7 



20 





0-0 



Clear. 



18 



398 



34-4 



32-2 



2-2 



0-8 



0-7 



22 





01 



Streak of cirro-stratus to E. ; sky getting milky to E. 



19 



399 



34-4 



32-2 



2-2 



1-0 



0-6 



24 





0-1 



Scud on Cheviot and on horizon. 



20 



402 



34-8 



32-2 



2-6 



0-5 



0-4 



22 



30 



— 



— 8-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; hoar-frost on the ground. 



21 



415 



35-5 



33-0 



2-5 



0-7 



0-7 



26 



— 



28 



— 9-8 



Cirro-strati and loose hanging cir. clouds ; scud to SE. 



22 



430 



35-6 



33-0 



2-6 



0-7 



0-7 



26 



— 



30 



— 9-0 



Loose cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; scud on Cheviot. 



23 



456 



37-7 



34-4 



3-3 



1-1 



0-4 



26 



— 



31 



— 9-0 



As before. 



14 



481 



37-3 



35-0 



2-3 



1-1 



0-5 



30 



28 



— 



30 9-0 



Scud ; wo. cir. and cir. haze ; cir.-str. ; cum. on E. hor. 



1 



491 



38-2 



35-2 



3-0 



0-6 



0-5 



29 



31 



30 



— 90 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirri ; cirro-strati ; haze. 



2 



520 



37-9 



35-0 



2-9 



0-7 



0-3 



31 



31 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



cir.-str. ; slight snow-shower. 1 



3 



535 



37-1 



34-5 



2-6 



0-4 



0-2 



31 



31 



— 



— 9-5 



Id. 



; id. [NE. Oi 



4 



549 



38-3 



35-2 



3-1 



0-2 



0-3 



30 



30 







— 9-5 



Id.- 



id. ; loose scud ; cumuli to 



5 



560 



36-7 



34-2 



2-5 



0-5 



0-2 



28 



30 







— 9-8 



Id. 



id. ; loose cum. on E. hor. 



6 



587 



35-3 



32-9 



2-4 



0-1 



0-0 



31 



30 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



snow-shower around. 



7 



612 



33-5 



32-5 



10 



0-4 



0-1 



30 



— 



30 



— 4-0 



Watery cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; fine lunar cor. }■ i 



8 



633 



32-5 



31-5 



1-0 



0-2 



0-1 



26 



— 



30 



— 2-0 



Id. ; id. ]) j 



9 



662 



34-2 



31-7 



2-5 



0-3 



0-6 



30 





10-0 



Id., much denser. 



10 



683 



33-8 



31-7 



2-1 



0-8 



0-4 



29 





1-8 



Id. } 



The 



dii-ection 



of the \ 



V'ind is 



indica 



ted by 



the number 



of the pc 



int of the com 



pass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 2-t. The | 



motio 



Qs of the t' 



:ree str< 



ita of c 



ouds, 



Sc. (sc 



ud), C.-s. (ci 



rro-stratu 



s), and Ci. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Feb 



. IS* ai"". 



Cloud 



s bluish 



to E. 



; the 



scud is lowe 



r than the 



top of Chevio 



t. , 



Feb 



. 13<i 7^ 3 



O". La 



rge ma 



5ses of 



loose 



cumuli and 



scud, whi( 



;h, when thin. 



produce an indistinct corona while passing over the moon, i 



The sl< 



y is unusi 



lally olt 



ar beyc 



md. 



131 15 



!> 5™. Twili 



s;ht begin 



ning to break. 



Sky milky to altitude 30° from E. \ 



