156 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 22- — 25, 1845. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. I 









Gott. 

 Mean 



Baiio- 



METER 







II c 



loud 



C.-s. 



3, 



: Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 









Maximum 



Sc: 



Time. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



fore 



e m 



lO-n. 



Prom 



lovin 

 from 





d. h. 



in. 



■> 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





22 9 



29-263 



32-5 



31-0 



1-5 



0-2 



0-2 



15 





10-0 



Dark ; 9^ 15™, particles of snow. 



10 



261 



320 



30-2 



1-8 



0-2 



00 



6 





10-0 



Cirro-strati, more broken than at 9)^. 



11 



264 



32-6 



30-5 



2-1 



0-0 



0-0 



16 





100 



Id. 



12 



261 



32-0 



30-3 



1-7 



0-1 



0-0 



16 — 



20 



— 100 



Id. 



23i 



29-218 



32-1. 



28-5 



3-6 



0-2 



0-0 



— 



— 



29 



JSunday — am., clear ; a few woolly cirri, p.m. — Over- 

 ( cast with cirro-stratous scud ; air very dry all day. 



23 13 



29-266 



33-6 



32-5 



1-1 



0-5 



00 



22 





100 



Thick scud and cirro-strati. 



14 



271 



33-4 



32-5 



0-9 



00 



0-0 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



15 



276 



33-8 



32-6 



1-2 



00 



00 



22 





9-9 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



16 



278 



34-0 



32-5 



1-5 



0-0 



0-0 



16 





10-0 



Id. ; drops of rain or snow. 



17 



277 



34-7 



32-6 



2-1 



0-3 



0-3 



22 





10-0 



Id. 



18 



301 



36-0 



33-0 



3-0 



0-4 



0-2 



25 





10-0 



Id. 



19 



326 



36-8 



33-8 



30 



0-5 



0-3 



28 — 



23 



— 10-0 



Id. [white to E. 



20 



365 



36-3 



33-8 



2-5 



0-5 



0-2 



28 29 



— 



— 10-0 



Loose scud ; cirro-stratous scud, orange-coloured ; ground 



21 



389 



35-4 



33-4 



2-0 



0-2 



0-4 



29 29 



30 



— 8-5 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



22 



429 



37-2 



33-2 



4-0 



0-6 



0-6 



29 _ 







— 20 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cum. and cum.-strati on horizon. G 



23 



458 



39-2 



33-9 



5-3 



1-5 



1-2 



29 



— 



_ 20 



Loose cumuli ; id. Q 



24 



513 



34-4 



32-8 



1-6 



2-2 



0-8 



6 4 







31 5-0 



Loose scud ; loose cumuli ; ciiTO-stratous scud ; hail showers aroun<^. 



I 



564 



34-8 



32-6 



2-2 



10 



0-8 



6 4 



2 



— 9-8 



Id. 



id. ; id. ; id. 1 



2 



605 



34-4 



31-9 



2-5 



1-3 



0-6 



6 6 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



particles of hail and snow ; id. 1 



3 



645 



34-4 



32-0 



2-4 



0-8 



0-4 



8 8 



4 



— 9-2 



Id. 



cirro-stratous scud ; cumuli to E. J 



4 



665 



33-5 



30-3 



3-2 



0-4 



0-1 



14 





0-8 



Id. 



id. on horizon. ^ 



5 



689 



33-1 



29-4 



3-7 



0-2 



0-0 



5 





0-8 



Id. 



id. id. ^ 



6 



713 



32-2 



28-8 



3-4 



01 



01 



4 





0-5 



Loose cumuli to E. ; slight cirrous haze on horizon. 



7 



■ 740 



27-7 



26-6 



1-1 



0-0 



00 



28 





0-4 



Patches of cirro-stratous scud to N. ; cir. haze to SW. 



8 



764 



24-7 



250 



... 



0-0 



0-0 



12 





0-0 



Very clear ; very faint aurora. 



9 



781 



24-4 



24-7 



... 



00 



0-0 



18 





00 



Id. ; auroral arch 8° altitude. 



10 



804 



25-2 



25-3 



... 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





0-1 



Streak of cloud to NE. ]) 



11 



823 



23-4 



23-8 



... 



00, 



0-0 



24 





0-0 



D 



12 



834 



23-7 



23-3 



0-4 



0-1 



0-0 







0-0 



J 



13 



29-859 



23-4 



22-9 



0-5 



01 



0-1 



14 





0-2 



Linear cirri to S. ; auroral light to N. J 



14 



873 



21-3 



21-3 



... 



01 



0-0 



20 





0-1 



Id. J 



15 



878 



21-3 



21-3 





0-1 



0-1 







0-1 



Id. I 



16 



876 



20-3 



20-3 





0-1 



0.] 



20 





0-2 



Cirro-strati ; cirri to S. J 



17 



881 



19-2 



19-2 





01 



01 



22 





0-2 



Id.; id. toSW. J 



18 



878 



19-2 



19-2 





0-2 



0-2 



21 





0-8 



Cirro-strati and cirri to SW. 



19 



874 



181 



181 





0-0 



0-0 



18 





0-3 



Thin cir. and cir. haze near hor., cum. low on E. hor. J 



20 



889 



16-9 



17-0 





0-0 



0-0 



20 





0-5 



Cirro-strati and cirri. G 



21 



896 



19-8 



19-6 



0-2 



0-2 



0-1 



22 





0-5 



Id. to SW. G 



22 



882 



230 



22-3 



0-7 



02 



0-0 



22 





0-2 



Clear ; a few patches and streaks of cirri. G 



23 



876 



25-7 



24-5 



1-2 



0-0 



0-0 



30 





0-2 



Slight cirrous haze on horizon ; cirro-strati to SW. G 



25 



864 



29-8 



28-0 



1-8 



O-l 



0-1 



6 





0-2 



Patches of cirri and cirro-strati to W. and SW. ; thick haze to E. Q 



1 



840 



33-7 



31-6 



2-1 



0-2 



0-2 



10 





0-3 



Id.; id. G 



2 



802 



391 



33-7 



5-4 



0-6 



0-5 



15 — 



: 



: 28 0-8 



Striated and vertebrated cirri ; haze on horizon. G 



3 



763 



40-8 



35-3 



5-5 



0-6 



0-5 



14 





1-0 



Masses of cirro-strati and cirrous haze to W. G 



4 



727 



40-1 



35-3 



4-8 



0-7 



0-5 



16 — 



: 19 



: 26 7-5 



Cir.-cum. scud and loose cir.-str. ; cirri; cirrous haze; faint halo-© 



5 



701 



38-2 



34-7 



3-5 



0-5 



0-3 



14 — 



: 16 



: 28 9-5 



Loose cir.-str. ; mass of cir. lying NWbyN. ; cir. haze.f 



6 



666 



37-0 



33-8 



3-2 



0-5 



0-6 



14 





10-0 



Cirro-strati and cirrous mass. 



7 



631 



36-2 



33-4 



2-8 



0-8 



0-6 



16 





10-0 



Cirrous mass. 



8 



599 



36-2 



33-6 



2-6 



0-7 



0-8 



16 





100 



Id. ; dark. 



9 



549 



35-9 



33-9 



2-0 



0-9 



0-2 



14 





10-0 



Id. ; id. ; snow'''^ 



10 



499 



36-2 



34-4 



1-8 



1-2 



0-4 



15 





10-0 



Id. ; id. ; rain*''^ 



11 



440 



35-8 



34-6 



1-2 



0-9 



0-8 



16 





100 



Id. ; id. ; rain'^"^ 



12 



373 



36-4 



35-0 



1-4 



0-8 



0-5 



15 





10-0 



Id. ; ? raini. 



13 



29-319 



37-0 



35-8 



1-2 



1-2 



0-4 



16 





10-0 



Id. ; ? rain2 



14 



283 



36-7 



35-9 



0-8 



0-5 



0-5 



18 





100 



Id. ; rain'^ 



The 



direction of the wind is indicated by 



the number of t 



be p< 



)int of the con 



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



motio 



Qs of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (sc 



ud), C.-s. (cirro-s 



tratu 



s), and Ci. (cii 



-VMS), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Fet 



. 23<i 20h. Hexahedral particles of s 



now or hail, plan 



O-COI 



ivex ; snow ou 



tside, with an icy crystal within. 



Pel 



>. 241 Sh. Zodiacal light to W. 25<i 



11^. Many spot; 



. on t 



he sun to-day. 



and for the last three days. 



