220 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, August 13 — 15, 1845. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 



Baro- 

 meter 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds 



'ci., Sky 





™" 









Maximum 





Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Time. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



fore 

 If. 



e m 



10>n. 



Prom 



f V/XU LLLlCUi 





d. h. 



in. 



o 



» 



° 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0— to. 





13 8 



29-785 



54-3 



52-2 



2-1 



0-1 



00 



6 





10-0 



Masses of scud ; cirro-stratous and cirrous haze. 



9 



791 



53-4 



51-9 



1-5 



0-1 



00 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



10 



793 



52-5 



51-4 



11 



00 



00 



26 





10-0 



Scud and dense cirro-stratus. 



11 



799 



51-0 



50-3 



0-7 



00 



0-0 



26 





7-0 



Scud, cirro-stratus, and haze. 



12 



798 



49-2 



48-3 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 



25 





3-0 



Id. J 



13 



29-778 



49-9 



48-9 



1-0 



00 



0-1 



20 





5-0 



Scud, cirro-stratus, and haze. 



14 



761 



48-9 



48-0 



0-9 



0-1 



00 



18 





60 



Id. 



15 



754 



49-2 



48-3 



0-9 



0-1 



00 



18 





10-0 



Id. I 



16 



732 



50-0 



48-2 



1-8 



01 



0-0 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



17 



716 



51-2 



48-8 



2-4 



01 



01 



20 



26:26 



— 10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati. 



18 



707 



51-7 



49-0 



2-7 



0-3 



0-3 



25 



— :28: 



— 10-0 



Cir.-str. scud ; sheets of cirro-strati ; scud on Cheviot. 



19 



698 



521 



49-3 



2-8 



0-2 



0-1 



24 





10-0 



Dense cirro-stratus. 



20 



693 



53-3 



50-1 



3-2 



0-2 



0-1 



26 





10-0 



Id. ; patches of scud to E. 



21 



694 



55-5 



51-4 



4-1 



0-6 



0-5 



26 



28 : 30 : 



— 10-0 



Patches of scud ; dense sheets of homogeneous and wavy 



22 



691 



54-4 



51-3 



3-1 



0-5 



0-4 



30 



28: — 



— 10-0 



As before ; rain""'' [cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 



23 



684 



56-0 



52-2 



3-8 



0-5 



0-7 



29 





10-0 



Patches of scud to S. ; dense homogeneons cirro-stratus. 



14 



674 



59-0 



53-9 



5-1 



1-1 



0-5 



28 



30 



— 



— 100 



Masses of send and loose cum. ; homogeneous cir.-str. 



1 



661 



59-6 



53-3 



6-3 



0-8 



0-7 



30 



30 







— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



2 



651 



60-7 



54-3 



6-4 



1-0 



0-3 



31 



29 







_ 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



3 



642 



59-9 



53-6 



6-3 



0-6 



0-2 



31 



29 







_ 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



4 



624 



57-8 



53-4 



4-4 



0-6 



0-4 



28 



29 







— 100 



As before ; drops of rain. 



5 



614 



56-4 



52-7 



3-7 



0-3 



0-1 



22 







26 



— 10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud and dense cirro-stratus. 



6 



599 



55-9 



52-3 



3-6 



0-4 



0-3 



28 







28 



— 10-0 



Id. 



7 



598 



54-8 



52-2 



2-6 



0-4 



0-2 



25 





100 



Id. 



8 



599 



53-2 



50-8 



2-4 



0-4 



0-2 



28 



— :30 



— 100 



Id. 



9 



593 



52-9 



50-4 



2-5 



0-4 



0-2 



30 





100 



Id.; drops of rain. 



10 



589 



52-2 



50-2 



2-0 



0-1 



0-1 



31 





10-0 



Id. 



11 



582 



51-7 



49-8 



1-9 



0-1 



0-1 



26 





100 



Id. 



12 



574 



52-2 



49-6 



2-6 



01 



0-1 



27 





100 



Id.; drops of rain 



13 



29-566 



51-9 



49-5 



2-4 



0-1 



00 



26 





100 



Cirro-stratous scud and dense cirro-stratus. 



14 



577 



56-3 



49-4 



0-9 



0-9 



0-2 









100 



Scud ; showers^—- lately ; rain^'^ 



15 



578 



50-2 



48-6 



1-6 



0-2 



0-3 



2 





9-5 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; sky to N. 



16 



578 



48-7 



46-5 



2-2 



1-6 



0-3 









9-5 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



17 



577 



47-0 



45-0 



2-0 



0-3 



0-0 



28 



. — 







— 3-8 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



18 



587 



47-7 



45-3 



2-4 



0-2 



0-1 



31 











— 9-9 



Loose and cir.-str. scud, tinged blue, yellow, and orange ; sky on he 



19 



588 



49-3 



46-2 



3-1 



0-4 



0-3 



30 











— 9-9 



Cirro-stratous scud ; undulated cirro-stratus. 



20 



592 



51 2 



47-2 



40 



0-5 



03 



1 







1 



.— 9-5 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



21 



596 



52-3 



47-9 



4-4 



10 



1-0 



31 







; 



:— 7-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



22 



602 



53 



48-2 



4-8 



1-5 



1-1 



31 



1 







— 9-8 



Id. ; id. 



23 



597 



52-5 



48-8 



3-7 



1-1 



0-9 







1 



; 



•— 7-0 



Id.; id. 



15 



594 



54-3 



47-8 



6-5 



2-7 



2-0 



30 







: — 



:— 4-5 



Loose cumuli ; cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 





1 



600 



57-4 



50-6 



6-8 



2-7 



2-4 



2 



1 



; 



:— 90 



Scud and loose cum. ; piles of cum. to N. ; cum.-str 





2 



612 



56-3 



49-8 



6-5 



2-6 



2-2 



1 



1 



. 



:— 7-0 



As before. © [cirro-strati 





3 



622 



57-5? 



49-0 



8-5? 



2-3 



1-7 



30 







: — 



:— 7-5 



Id. ; woolly cirro-cumulo-strati. 





4 



618 



56-3 



49-2 



7-1 



0-9 



0-7 



2 



31 



: — 



•— 9-8 



Id. ; sky greenish on E. horizon. 





5 



617 



56-7 



49-8 



6-9 



1-8 



31 















— 9-2 



Id. 





6 



622 



54-8 



47-7 



7-1 



2-3 



1-3 















— 7-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-cumulo-strati. ' 





7 



632 



53-4 



47-8 



5-6 



1-9 



1-1 











30 



— 4-0 



Id.; id.; thincirr) 





8 



649 



52-6 



47-3 



5-3 



1-5 



0-8 















— 9-0 



Cirro-stratous scud. 





9 



656 



49-7 



45-8 



3-9 



0-5 



0-4 



31 











— 9-5 



Id. 





10 



674 



50-6 



46-4 



4-2 



0-7 



0-5 



31 



. 







— 90 



Id. i 





U 



672 



49-8 



45-7 



4-1 



0-4 



0-8 









10-0 



Id. ! 





12 



669 



50-3 



45-4 



4-9 



M 



0-5 



31 





10-0 



Id. 





13 



29-670 



49-9 



45-1 



4-8 



0-8 



0-4 



30 





10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud. 





14 



668 



49-4 



44-8 



4-6 



0-9 



0-4 



31 





9-5 



Cirro-strati and cirro-cumulo-strati ; clouds breakin 





The 



direction of the wind is indicated by 



the n 



umber of the po 



int of the cok 



1 

 pass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, 8. = 16, W. = 24. 1 





motioi 



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



ud), C 



.-s. (cirro-stratu 



i), and Ci. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





