164 



Hourly Meteoeological Observations, March 16 — 19, 1845. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



16 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



17 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



18 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



19 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



29-551 

 549 

 541 

 550 

 550 

 552 

 547 

 544 

 543 

 533 

 523 

 516 

 517 

 517 

 520 

 527 

 530 

 533 

 536 

 537 



29-537 

 537 

 529 

 523 

 516 

 510 

 508 

 514 

 515 

 518 

 516 

 511 

 502 

 493 

 477 

 463 

 448 

 446 

 442 

 459 

 478 

 487 

 495 

 500 



29-500 

 498 

 497 

 495 

 505 

 516 

 532 

 542 

 562 

 576 

 592 

 612 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Wind. 



25-9 

 25-4 

 26-0 

 27-0 

 29-7 

 32-7 

 35-0 

 37-2 

 37-1 

 38-1 

 39-1 

 37-9 

 35-4 

 36-8 

 34-2 

 32-0 

 31-2 

 30-8 

 29-7 

 30-5 



29-9 

 29-7 

 29-8 

 29-9 

 30-4 

 30-3 

 29-4 

 31-2 

 33-6 

 36-3 

 40-0 

 41-2 

 39-7 

 40-2 

 40-5 

 41-7 

 42-3 

 40-2 

 37-7 

 37-0 

 35-1 

 31-7 

 31-2 

 310 



28-5 

 29-4 

 29-6 

 30-7 

 29-6 

 27-9 

 28-3 

 29-0 

 32-0 

 33-4 

 340 

 33-5 



25-0 

 24-4 

 250 

 24-3 

 26-4 

 29-0 

 30-3 

 31-6 

 31-7 

 32-1 

 33-0 

 32-4 

 321 

 32-2 

 30-4 

 29-4 

 29-6 

 28-2 

 27-6 

 28-5 



28-6 

 28-7 

 28-5 

 28-7 

 28-7 

 28-7 

 28-5 

 29-7 

 31-3 

 32-8 

 35-4 

 36-2 

 33-6 

 33-0 

 33-2 

 34-2 

 35-2 

 35-4 

 34-1 

 34-7 

 33-6 

 30-6 

 30-0 

 29-0 



27-6 

 28-0 

 28-4 

 28-8 

 27-9 

 26-6 

 26-7 

 27-3 

 29-8 

 30-9 

 31-3 

 30-4 



0-9 

 1-0 

 1-0 

 2-7 

 3-3 

 3-7 

 4-7 

 5-6 

 5-4 

 6-0 

 6-1 

 5-5 

 3-3 

 4-6 

 3-8 

 2-6 

 1-6 

 2-6 

 2-1 

 2-0 



1-3 

 1-0 

 1-3 

 1-2 

 1-7 

 1-6 

 0-9 

 1-5 

 2-3 

 3-5 

 4-6 

 5-0 

 6-1 

 7-2 

 7-3 

 7-5 

 71 

 4-8 

 3-6 

 2-3 

 1-5 

 11 

 1-2 

 20 



0-9 

 1-4 

 1-2 

 1-9 

 1-7 

 1-3 

 1-6 

 1-7 

 2-2 

 2-5 

 2-7 

 3-1 



Maximum 

 force in 

 IK lO". 



Prom 



Its. 

 0-7 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 01 

 1-3 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 



00 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 1-2 

 1-3 

 1-8 

 20 



lbs. 



0-7 

 0-5 

 0-8 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 01 

 01 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 



00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 00 

 01 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-3 

 01 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 01 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 1-2 

 1-3 

 1-5 

 1-3 



pt. 

 29 

 28 

 26 

 22 

 24 

 24 

 22 

 20 

 22 

 22 

 26 

 27 

 26 

 24 

 26 

 26 

 23 

 18 

 19 

 20 



18 

 18 

 17 

 18 

 22 

 18 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 25 

 22 

 22 



25 

 25 

 23 

 22 



26 

 20 



28 



30 

 1 



28 



26 



28 



28 



28 



28 



28 



29 



30 



31 







2 



1 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



— : 



31 



Sky 

 clouded 





:30 



— : 0: — 



— 



28: 



1 



29: 



— 



2: 



2 



— : 



2 



— : 



1 



29: 



0—10. 



10-0 



9-9 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 



9-8 



9-5 



9-8 



9-8 



9-9 



9-7 



9-9 



9-5 



9-0 



90 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 



100 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 



9-0 



2-0 



0-5 



0-5 



3-0 



2-5 



7-5 



9-5 



9-5 



4-5 



2-0 



2-0 



0-5 



0-5 



0-3 



4.5v, 



6-5 



07 



0.3 



1-0 



1-0 



5-0 



9-8 



9-9 



9-2 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Scud. 



Streai of sky on NE. horizon. 



Dense homogeneous cirro-strati. 



Id. 

 Cirrous mass ; Cirro-strati on horizon ; solar halo. 

 Dense irregular cirro-strati ; bluish to N. 



Id. 

 Nearly homogeneous mass of cirro-strati ; sky to N. 



Id.; id. 



Cirro-strati, breaking in zenith. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Cirro-strati ; cirrous mass. 



Id. ; id. ; sky to NW. 



Cirro-stratous scud; cirro-strati. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati ; lunar corona. 

 Cirro-strati. 

 Id.? 

 Id. 



Cirro-strati. 

 Id. 



Mass of cirro-stratus. 



As before. 



Darker. 



Nearly homogeneous mass of cirro-stratus. 

 Id. 



Cirro-strati and cirrous mass. 



Dense cirro-strati ; rather hazy. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; haze. 



Id. to S. G 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; haze. 



Id. ; id. ; id. on horizon. 



Woolly cirro-cumuli ; haze. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; wooUy cirri ; cirro-strati. ( 



Loose cirro-cumulo-strati ; very hazy atmosphere. ( 



Scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; showers to N, ? 



Id. ; id. ; rain""^; sky to NW. 



Cirro-cumulous scud. ] 



Id. ; aurora ? } 



Scud or cir.-str. to S. ; bands of cir. to N. ; faint halo. } 



Linear cirri scattered over the sky ; halo. ] 



Cirri to SE. ] 



Clouds to NW. and SE. ; clear, ] 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. ] 



Scud. ] 



Clouds on E. horizon. 

 Scud, &c., on E. horizon. 



Thru cir.-cum.-str. ; cum. and cir.-str. scud on horizon 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; thin cirro-cumuli. 



Thin cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



Scud and, eirro-cumulo-strati ; flakes of snow. ' 



Id. 

 Scud ; loose cumuli ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



March 17'^ 5^. The observation of the barometer was omitted, the reading given is a mean of the preceding and succeeding observations. 

 March I7"i 191'. Kelso town bell (4 miles distant) heard very distinctly. 



March 18'^ 6^. Brownish atmosjiheric haze, very dense and even electric-looking from NW. to E. : the sun projects a strong shadow of 

 the clouds in the haze. 7^. Scud, forming in ragged strings below the cirro-stratous scud, and falling in showers ? to N. 



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