Hourly Meteorological Observations, August 21 — 23, 1845. 



223 



" 







Thermometers. 



Wind 











^ 



T 



:t. 

 in 

 le. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 











Clouc 



Sc. : C.-s 



movir 



fron 



:Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



1 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



Prom 





in. 



« 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





') 



5 



29-642 



57-7 



52-0 



5-7 



01 



0-1 



26 



— 



:28 



:— 9-8 



Large cirro-cumalo-strati ; cirro-strati ; cumuli. Q 





6 



659 



57-3 



511 



6-2 



0-3 



0-1 



23 



— 



:29 



:— 9-2 



As before. [rather electric looking. 





7 



676 



55-9 



50-6 



5-3 



0-2 



0-2 



22 



29 



: — 



:— 9-5 



Inky detached scud ; cir.-cum.-str. ; cum.-str. on hor. ; 





8 



696 



53-6 



49-7 



3-9 



0-4 



0-1 



22 



— 



:29 



:— 6-5 



Cirro-eumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 





9 



717 



50-7 



47-8 



2-9 



0-2 



01 



20 





7-2 



Id. ; id. 





10 



737 



500 



47-4 



2-6 



0-3 



0-3 



22 





5-0 



Id. ; id. 





U 



747 



47-9 



45-8 



21 



0-3 



0-2 



22 





1-5 



Id. ; id. ]) 





12 



759 



45-6 



44-4 



1-2 



0-1 



0-1 



22 





10 



Id. D 





13 



29-771 



45-4 



43-9 



1-5 



0-1 



0-1 



22 





0-2 



Cirro-stratus on E. horizon. ]) 





14 



785 



42-7 



42-0 



0-7 



0-1 



0-1 



21 





0-3 



Light cirrus to N. ; cirro-stratus or scud to SE. J) 



15 



799 



38-7 



38-4 



0-3 



0-1 



0-0 







0-5 



Cirri and cirro-strati on horizon. ]) 



jl6 



814 



38-5 



38-2 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



14 





0-8 



Cirro-strati, &c., to E. ]) 



17 



818 



40-7 



40-2 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





2-5 



Cirri and cirro-strati. ]) 



18 



835 



43-7 



42-5t 



1-2 



0-1 



0-1 



20 



— :28 



:— 7-0 



Cirro-cumuli; cirrous haze. Q [cap of scud. O 



!l9 



846 



45-7 



44-0 



1-7 



0-2 



0-1 



21 



— : 25 



: 27 1-0 



Loose cir.-cum.-sti-. ; small cir.-str.; lin. & tufted cir.; Cheviot has a 



|20 



846 



50-0 



47-4 



2-6 



0-2 



0-4 



22 



— :27 



:— 4-0 



Cir.-cum. in patches ; cir.-str. ; scud on Cheviot & N. hor. ; cir.; cir; 



121 



848 



53-7 



49-7J 



4-0 



0-3 



0-4 



20 



-:27 



:— 5-0 



Cir.-cum. ; cir.-str. ; scud on horizon. © [haze, q 





22 



855 



57-0 



52-7 



4-3 



0-6 



0-5 



20 



22:26 



:— 4-5 



Loose cum.; cir.-cum.-str.; cir.-str.; loose scud on hor.© 





23 



851 



58-0 



510 



7-0 



1-3 



1-2 



20 



21 :24 



— 6-5 



As before. © 



,2 







841 



61-2 



54-4 



6-8 



11 



1-0 



20 



21 :25 



: 27 9-0 



Loose cum. ; cir.-cum. ; tufted cirri ; portion ofahalo. © 





1 



834 



60-7 



53-4 



7-3 



1-7 



1-3 



21 



21 :24 



:— 9-8 



Id. ; id. ; cir.-str. ; cir. mass ; halo. 9 





2 



828 



63-7 



56-2 



7-5 



1-6 



0-9 



20 



20:24 



:— 9-0 



Id. ; id. ; id. © 





3 



820 



61-2 



54-6 



6-6 



2-4 



1-3 



20 



20:23 



: 26 9-0 



Id.; many whale-like cir.-str. on hor. ; mot. cirri & thickening 





4 



820 



60-9 



53-7 



6-2 



1-5 



0-8 



20 



20:22 



:— 8-5 



Nearly as before. © [cir. haze, q 





5 



809 



59-5 



52-6 



6-9 



1-9 



1-6 



21 



20:22 



:— 9-5 



Id. ; cir. haze less dense & portion of a halo 





6 



797 



57-2 



52-4 



4-8 



1-7 



1-1 



20 



21 :20 



— 10-0 



Scud; cir.-str.; cir.-cum. and cir. haze. [visible.© 





7 



774 



56-4 



53-1 



33 



1-0 



1-2 



20 



20: — 



— 10-0 



Scud ; cirro-stratus and haze. 





8 



763 



560 



52-6 



3-4 



1-9 



0-8 



20 



20: — 



_ 10-0 



Id. ; id. 





9 



756 



55-7 



52-5 



32 



2-3 



1-2 



19 



20: — 



— 10-0 



Id. ; cirro-stratus. 





10 



752 



55-7 



52-5 



3-2 



1-7 



1-1 



19 





10-0 



Id. 





11 



734 



55-4 



52-3 



3-1 



1-7 



1-2 



19 





100 



Id. 





12 



712 



55-4 



52-8 



2-6 



1-4 



1-2 



19 





10-0 



Id. ; streak of light on E. horizon. 





13 



29-695 



54-0 



52-8 



1-2 



1-6 



0-6 



18 





10-0 



Scud ; rain"'-^ 





14 



670 



55-7 



53-4 



2-3 



1-8 



2-0 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; drops of rain 





15 



654 



55-8 



54-0 



1-8 



2-6 



2-4 



18 





10-0 



Id. 





16 



636 



55-2 



53-6 



1-6 



1-8 



0-7 



17 





10-0 



Id. ; rain""2 





17 



620 



56-4 



54-8 



1-6 



1-6 



2-0 



18 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud moving rapidly ; cirrous mass above. 





18 



613 



55-4 



55-0 



0-4 



2-2 



0-5 



18 



21 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud : drifting rain- 





19 



606 



55-3 



54-0 



1-3 



1-4 



1-3 



20 



20 







_ 9-6 



Id. ;' raini-3; sky to NW. 





10 



601 



56-4 



54-9 



1-5 



1-5 



0-4 



18 



20 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 





11 



600 



581 



56-4 



1-7 



0-8 



0-4 



18 



20 



22 



— 9-2 



Loose scud ; loose cumuli and cirro-cumuli. © 



12\ 



598 



61-4 



57-2 



4-2 



0-9 



0-8 



18 



20 



— : 



— 6-0 



Scud and loose cumuli. Q 





>3 



591 



59-1 



550 



4-1 



1-8 



1-5 



19 



21 



— : 



— 4-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati on E. horizon. © 



13 



iO 



594 



59-3 



54-9 



4-4 



2-1 



13 



20 



20 



— : 



— 6-0 



Id. ; slight showers occasionally. 





1 



602 



61-3 



56-6 



4-7 



2-1 



1-6 



19 



21 : 



— : 



— 4-0 



Id. © 





2 



584 



61-4 



55-6 



5-8 



2-5 



11 



18 



21 



— : 



— 5-0 



Id. © 





l3 



570 



630 



56-6 



6-4 



2-3 



1-5 



19 



21 



: 



— 4-0 



Id. 





;4 



565 



620 



55-6 



6-4 



2-7 



2-1 



19 



21 



— : 



— 7-0 



Id. ; cirro-eumulo-strati. © 





'5 



568 



58-4 



55-4 



3-0 



2-3 



1-6 



21 



21 : 



— : 



— 9-8 



Id. ; slight shower. 





6 



556 



57-3 



55-2 



2-1 



2-5 



1-8 



19 



22: 



21 : 



— 9-0 



Scud; cir.-cum.-str.; cum.-str.; cir.-str.; rainbow; rain^'^© 





7 



555 



56-3 



54-6 



1-7 



1-5 



0-5 



19 



22: 



21 : 



— 7-0 



As before ; nimbi ; sky wild-like ; passing showers. 





8 



560 



54-0 



530 



1-0 



0-6 



0-2 



17 



20: 



21 : 



— 90 



Scud ; very thick dark scud ; cirro-strati ; showers^""^ 





IQ 



569 



52-8 



52-0 



0-8 



0-2 



0-0 



17 



20: 



— : 



— 9-5 



Thick scud. [since 7^. 









1 



562 



51-9 



51-0 



0-9 



0-5 



0-3 



18 





2-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 





fl 



578 



49-9 



49-1 



0-8 



0-3 



0-1 



20 





1-0 



Id. > 





2 



584 



48-9 



48-4 



0-5 



0-2 



0-1 



20 





3-5 



Cirro-eumulo-strati. ) 





he 



direction of the wi 



nd is indicated by the ni 



imber of the po 



int of the com 



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



I 



ion 



s of the three strat 



a of clouds, Sc. (scud), C- 



s. (cirro-stratus) 



, and Ci. (cirr 



us), are indicated in a similar manner. 





rag 



. 221 at 45n>. A ] 



aarhelion and solar halo v 



rere seen. 







