222 



Hourly Meteoeological Obseevations, August 18 — 21, 1845, 







Thermometers. 1 



Wind 











Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baeo- 



METEK 



at 32°. 















Cloud 



3, 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 If. 



mum 

 e in 

 lO-". 



From 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



:Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





18 21 



29-300 



55-8 



53-3 



2-5 



0-0 



0-0 



10 



4 



— 



— 9-8 



Misty scud ; cirro-strati. 



22 



290 



55-7 



53-7 



2-0 



0-1 



0-2 



6 



5 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



cirrous mass. 



23 



283 



55-0 



53-4 



1-6 



0-5 



0-5 



5 



5 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



id. ; rain^'' 



19 



263 



54- 1 



53-0 



11 



0-9 



0-9 



3 



4 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



fine rain'*'** 



1 



256 



53-8 



52-9 



0-9 



0-8 



0-9 



3 



3 







— 10-0 



Id. 



fine rain"'^ 



2 



244 



52-6 



51-6 



1-0 



1-5 



0-9 



2 



3 







— 10-0 



Id. 



fine rain^ 



3 



228 



53-0 



52-6 



0-4 



1-3 



1-0 



2 



3 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



fine rain^ 



4 



215 



52-4 



51-1 



1-3 



1-5 



10 



2 



3 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



fine rain^ 



5 



195 



52-3 



51-0 



1-3 



1-3 



0-7 



2 



3 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



fine rain^ 



6 



181 



51-8 



50-6 



1-2 



l-O 



0-4 







2 



— 



— 10-0 



Masses of loose scud ; dense mass of cir.-str. ; rain"'^ 



7 



168 



50-7 



49-9 



0-8 



0-8 



0-4 



2 



2 



— 



— 10-0 



As before ; rain"'"' [yellow to NW. ; rain'*''^ 



8 



157 



50-4 



48-7 



1-7 



0-9 



0-9 



1 





10-0 



Patches of loose scud ; dense cirro-str. ; clouds tinged 



9 



145 



50-4 



49-2 



1-2 



0-9 



0-7 



1 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus ; continuous rain'~-' 



10 



115 



510 



49-1 



1-9 



1-7 



1-4 



31 





10-0 



Raini 



11 



097 



50-2 



48-2 



2-0 



2-3 



1-7 









10-0 



Scud ; rain""^ 



12 



079 



50-0 



48-0 



20 



2-5 



1-4 



31 





100 



Id. ; rain»-5 



13 



29064 



49-7 



48-7 



1-0 



1-7 



0-7 



30 





100 



Scud ; rain^ 



14 



045 



49-7 



48-8 



0-9 



11 



1-2 



30 





10-0 



Id. ; rain'-^ 



15 



028 



49-8 



48-8 



1-0 



1-5 



1-2 



30 





10-0 



Id. ; rain- 



16 



021 



49-8 



48-8 



10 



1-7 



1-3 



30 





10-0 



Id. ; rain^'' 



17 



015 



49-9 



48-9 



1-0 



1-4 



0-5 



30 



30 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain^ 



18 



012 



49-9 



48-9 



1-0 



1-5 



0-9 



29 



30 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain^ 



19 



009 



50-3 



48-9 



1-4 



1-9 



1-4 



29 



30 



— 



— 100 



Loose scud ; dense cirro-stratus ; rain^~^ 



20 



008 



51-0 



496 



1-4 



1-9 



1-7 



29 



31 



— 



— 1 10-0 



Id. 



rain"-^ 



21 



027 



52-2 



50-0 



2-2 



2-4 



1-8 



29 



30 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



rain"'^ 



22 



040 



52-5 



50-3 



2-2 



1-9 



1-3 



30 



30 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



rain"* 



23 



042 



53-3 



511 



2-2 



3-3 



1-8 



28 



30 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



rain'''^ 



20 



062 



53-4 



51-0 



2-4 



2-7 



1-9 



28 



29 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



rain^ 



1 



086 



54-9 



52-2 



2-7 



2-3 



1-7 



28 



29 



— 



— 10-0 



Id, 



; rain^ 



2 



116 



54-3 



52-4 



1-9 



50 



1-1 



28 



30 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



rain""5 



3 



138 



55-1 



52-4 



2-7 



1-3 



1-0 



28 



30 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 



, rain^ [nearly visible. 



4 



160 



55-6 



53-1 



2-5 



1-8 



0-7 



29 



30 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



dense cirro-str ; drops of rain ; sim's disc 



5 



, 177 



56-4 



53-6 



2-8 



1-9 



1-4 



28 



28 







— 100 



Masses of scud ; homogeneous cirro-stratus ; rain"'-^ 



6 



: 202 



55-2 



52-7 



2-5 



1-5 



M 



29 





10-0 



Patches of scud ; id. [stratus ; rain"- 



7 



231 



54-0 



51-8 



2-2 



1-2 



0-9 



28 





10-0 



Masses of scud and cir.-str. to S. ; homogeneous ciiro- 



8 



i 261 



530 



50-7 



2-3 



2-3 



10 



30 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



9 



i 285 



52-4 



50-0 



2-4 



1-1 



0-8 



29 





10-0 



Scud ; rain^'"- 



10 



! 306 



520 



49-4 



2-6 



1-2 



0-6 



30 





100 



Id. 



11 



329 



50-9 



48-8 



2-1 



0-8 



0-1 



26 





10-0 



Mass of cirro-stratus. 



12 



350 



51-2 



48-4 



2-8 



0-3 



0-2 



29 





10-0 



Id. ; lower cir.-str. radiating from NW. 



13 



29-362 



49-8 



48-3 



1-5 



0-2 



0-0 



20 





10-0 



Mass of cir.-str. ; lower cir.-str. radiating from NW. ) 



14 



386 



50-4 



48-2 



2-2 



01 



0-1 



22 





10-0 



Id., thinner ; id. 



15 



1 407 



50-0 



47-4 



2-6 



0-2 



01 



22 





10-0 



Id., much thinner ; patches of scud. } 



16 



' 424 



49-3 



47-4 



1-9 



0-1 



0-0 



22 





10-0 



Loose cirro-strati ; cirro-cumulo-str. ; clouds broken. ^ 



17 



' 428 



49-4 



47-3 



21 



0-3 



0-3 



24 



— 



28 



— 10-0 



As before. ^ [cum. ; sky rather wild-looking. 



18 



i 449 



48-6 



46-3 



2-3 



0-3 



0-2 



24 



— 



26 



— 9-0 



Loose cir.-cum.-str. ; dense cir.-str. ; woolly cir. ; cirro- 



19 



1 468 



49-3 



46-7 



2-6 



0-4 



0-3 



23 



— 



28 



— 8-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; woolly cirri. C 



20 



490 



49-6 



46-4 



3-2 



0-4 



0-5 



23 



■ — 



— 



30 8-5 



Woolly cirri ; id. : scud. 6 



21 



522 



52-7 



48-6 



4-1 



0-2 



01 



27 



— 



27 



26 7-0 



Cirro-cumulo- strati ; woolly cirri. € 



22 



541 



55-8 



49-8 



60 



1-2 



0-6 



29 



— 



27 



— 7-5 



Id. ; id. ; cirro-strati. (^ 



23 



555 



55-8 



490 



6-8 



1-5 



1-2 



30 



27 



— 



— 7-5 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati ; woolly cirri. Ci 



21 



573 



56-8 



50-0 



6-8 



0-9 



0-2 



30 



26 



— 



— 9-5 



Id. ; id. (| 



1 



592 



56-3 



50-0 



6-3 



0-3 



0-2 



24 



— 



26 



— 9-9 



Cirro-stratous scud ; wavy cirro-strati ; cirri. i 



2 



610 



56-7 



50-3 



6-4 



0-4 



0-2 



23 



— 



28 



— 10-0 



Thick cirro-stratous scud. i 

 Scud ; cir.-cum.-str. ; cum.-str. on E. hor. ; cir.-strati.f 



3 



623 



58-0 



51-0 



7-0 



0-4 



0-2 



27 



28 



. — 



— 9-9 



4 



634 



57-2 



51-0 



6-2 



0-4 



0-3 



21 



28 



— 



— 9-8 



As before. | 



The 



direction 



of tlie 



wind is 



indies 



ited b 



Y the 



numbe 



r of the ; 



joint of the co 



1 

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



motioi 



IS of tlie th 



iree strs 



ita of c' 



ouds, 



So. (sc 



ud), C 



.-s. (ci 



rro-stratu 



s), and Ci. (cii 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. | 



