186 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, May 14 — 16, 1845. 



Giitt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. j 



14 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



15 

 1 

 2 



3 

 4 

 5 



a 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



16 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



30-126 

 117 

 098 

 085 

 081 

 082 

 083 

 082 

 079 

 077 



30-078 

 081 

 079 

 074 

 082 

 089 

 092 

 094 

 099 

 097 

 082 

 081 

 082 

 078 

 074 

 066 

 067 

 084 

 102 

 109 

 111 

 111 

 113 

 112 



30112 

 107 

 102 

 102 

 098 

 102 

 103 

 098 

 105 

 084 

 081 

 057 

 044 

 025 

 014 

 30-005 

 29-995 

 993 

 992 

 989 

 997 

 980 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



51-6 

 51-3 

 510 

 51-0 

 50-8 

 50-2 

 49-6 

 49-2 

 46-9 

 45-7 



46-0 

 46-9 

 46-8 

 44-6 

 43-0 

 45-8 

 49-1 

 52-4 

 53-8 

 58-0 

 62-0 

 62-6 

 630 

 65-3 

 65-4 

 67-2 

 64-4 

 58-0 

 55-0 

 53-7 

 52-7 

 52-5 

 52-3 

 521 



52-0 

 52-0 

 50-7 

 48-9 

 48-3 

 48-8 

 51-3 

 52- 1 

 55-9 

 57-3 

 60-1 

 62-6 

 64-0 

 650 

 64-8 

 64-9 

 63-2 

 60-3 

 56-0 

 53-8 

 52-0 

 50-8 



Wet. 



49-2 



48-7 

 48-7 

 49-6 

 48-8 

 48-3 

 48-3 

 48-2 

 46-4 

 45-4 



45-6 



46-4 



46-4 



44-4 



43-0 



45-6 



48-3 



51-0 



540 



55-2 



57-3 



56-8 



57-3 



58-3 



58-4 



59-7 



581 



54-7' 



52-7 



52-0 



51-3| 



51-3 



51-2 



511 



51-2 



50-9 



49-2 



47-9 



47-0 



47-4t 



48-7 



49-0 



51-84 



52-8 



55-1 



560 



56-5 



58-0 



57-7 



57-8 



55-8 



54lt 



51-9 



50-3 



47-8J 



47-6 



Diff. 



2-4 

 2-6 

 2-3 

 1-4 

 2-0 

 1-9 

 1-3 

 1-0 

 0-5 

 0-3 



0-4 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-8 

 1-4 

 2-8 

 2-8 

 4-7 

 5-8 

 5-7 

 7-0 

 7-0 

 7-5 

 6-3 

 3-3 

 2-3 

 1-7 

 1-4 

 1-2 

 1-1 

 10 



0-8 



1-1 



1-5 



1-0 



1-3 



1-4 



2-6 



3-1 



4-1 



4-5 



5-0 



6-6 



7-5 



7-0 



7-1 



7-1 



7-4 



6-2 



41 



3-5 



4-2 



3-2 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 Ih. 10- 



lbs. 



03 

 0-7 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 



0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-8 

 0-9 

 0-9 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-9 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 07 

 0-6 

 1-2 

 1-2 

 1-0 

 11 

 1-1 

 0-7 

 10 

 0-7 

 0-6 



From 



lbs. 



0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-7 

 11 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 1-4 

 0-5 

 0-8 

 0-7 

 1-3 

 0-7 

 01 

 0-3 



pt. 

 24 

 24 

 20 

 19 

 22 

 23 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 24 



24 

 24 

 6 

 16 

 20 

 24 

 16 



15 



2 



27 



29 



30 



30 



31 



2 



4 



5 



6 



4 



20 



20 



21 



22 



23 



23 



24 



24 



26 



26 



26 



26 



28 



26 



28 



29 



27 



2o 



28 



28 



24 



24 



Clouds, 



Sc. :C.-8. :Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt. pt. 



31 



Sky 

 clouded. 



— 



31 : 



31 



— : 



31 



— : 



31 



— : 



31 



— : 



30 



— : 



29 



3t : 



— 



30 : 



4 



30: 



4 



30: 



4 



31 



_: — : 



30 



— ■ 



— : 



— 



31 : 



— 



30: 



— 



30: 



28 



30: 



25 



28: 



26 



— : 



26 



29: 



26 



.29: 



29 



29: 



28 



: — : 



28 



— : 



27 



: — : 



— 



•30: 



— 



. 0: 



30 



0—10. 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



9-9 



3-5 



0-5 



7-5 

 90 

 4-5 

 9-0 

 80 

 9-8 



loo; 

 lo-o' 



10-0 



100 



100 



100 



9-8 



9-2 



9-5 



9-5 



8-0 



8-0 



9-8 



10-0 



9-0 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



10-0 

 10-0 

 9-5 

 60 

 4-0 

 6-0 

 8-0 

 7-0 

 9-0 

 6-5 

 7-5 

 8-0 

 9-5 

 9-5 

 70 

 8-0 

 9-2 

 60 

 9-0 

 9-9 

 10-0 

 90 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Loose scud ; dense cirrous mass ; rain^ 



Id. 

 Scud ; 



id. 



id. 



id. 

 rain" 



Id. ; rain' 



Id. ; mass of cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; cirro-stratous scud. 



Id., moving quickly ; cir.-str. on hor.; faint lun. cor. ]) 

 Masses of scud and cirro-strati. J 



Cirro-stratous scud. J 



Id. 

 Scud ; loose cum. ; cirro-strati ; cirri ; cirrous haze. 

 Id. ; cirri ; cirro-strati. 



Id. to E. ; woolly cir. ; cir.-cum. ; cir.-str. ; mist on the ground. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; loose scud to E. 

 Cir.-cum. scud ; undulated cir.-str. and cirro-cumuli. 

 Sheets of cirro-stratus. 



Id. 

 Loose scud ; cirro-strati ; cirrous mass. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; cirrous mass. % 



Patches of scud ; sheets of cirro-stratus. 

 Loose cum. ; cum.-str. ; cir.-cum.-str. ; cirri. 

 Id. ; id. ; woolly and mottled cirri. 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. ; cirro-stratous scud ; cirri. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Scud ; cirro-stratous scud. 

 Id. ; id. 



Id. ; cirro-stratous scud ; cir.-cum.-str. ; cirri. 

 Cirro-stratous scud, nearly homogeneous. 

 As before. 

 Id. 



As before. 



Id. nearly homogeneous. 

 Scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; id. ; id. ; cirri. 



Cum.-str. to W. ; bank of cirro-stratus to S. ; cirri. 

 Woolly cir. ; cirro-strati ; cumuli ; cimiulo-strati. 



Varieties of cirro-strati ; cum.-str. to NW. ; loose cum. to SE. Q 



Woolly cir. and cir.-str. ; cir.-cum. ; small cum.-str. ; cum. to SW. Q 



Loose cir.-str. or cir.-cum.-str., mixed with cum. ; cir. haze. Q 



Patches of cum. ; woolly cirri ; cir.-str. ; cir.- cumuli. 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 9 



Loose cumuli ; cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati. 9 



Id. ; cirro-strati. ( 



Id. ; id., becoming more homgeneous, 



Id. ; id. ; cLr.-ciuu.-str. ; woolly cir. 9 



Id. ; id. ; cirri ; cirrous haze. 9 



Id. ; cumulo-strati ; cirrous haze ; halo. 9 



Id. ; id. ; cirro-strati ; woolly cir. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; woolly cirri. # 



Cirro-cumuio-strati ; id. ; id. 



I Cirro-stratous scud and cirrous mass ; small corona. ^ 



I Cirro-strati; woolly cirri; cirrous haze ; lunar cor. 



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

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



; 24. The 



