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Hourly Meteoeological Observations, August 29 — September 1, 1845. 



Gbtt. 



Baro- 



Thermometers. 









Mean 



meter 









Time. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



29 3 



30-116 



71-4 



64-1 



7-3 



4 



122 



70-2 



63-2 



7-0 



5 



119 



70-0 



62-5 



7-5 



6 



117 



68-6 



61-8t 



6-8 



7 



114 



64-8 



61-7 



3-1 



8 



128 



62-2 



58-7J 



3-5 



9 



135 



57-8 



56-0 



1-8 



10 



140 



55-8 



54-5 



1-3 



11 



145 



52-6 



52-1 



0-5 



12 



147 



51-8 



51-7 



0-1 



13 



30-136 



50-5 



50-2 



0-3 



14 



140 



50-2 



50-0 



0-2 



15 



145 



48-9 



48-8 



0-1 



16 



141 



47-8 



47-7 



0-1 



17 



145 



46-9 



46-7 



0-2 



18 



142 



48-0 



47-6 



0-4 



19 



150 



49-0 



48-6 



0-4 



20 



159 



54-1 



53-5 



0-6 



21 



167 



600 



58-8 



1-2 



22 



164 



63-7 



60-8 



2-9 



23 



160 



67-2 



61-8 



5-4 



30 



161 



69-2 



62-7 



6-5 



1 



148 



71-0 



63-7 



7-3 



2 



144 



71-6 



64-5 



7-1 



3 



141 



72-6 



64-6 



8-0 



4 



140 



70-7 



63-1 



7-6 



5 



130 



69-3 



63-4t 



59 



6 



126 



67-9 



61-7 



6-2 



7 



125 



64-8 



60-74 



4-1 



8 



140 



62-5 



58-9 



3-6 



9 



141 



61-5 



57-9 



3-6 



10 



152 



58-9 



56-6 



2-3 



11 



157 



57-9 



56-0 



1-9 



12 



153 



55-7 



54-6 



1-1 



23f 



30-175 



65-4 



59-6 



5-8 



31 13 



30-162 



53-1 



52-4 



0-7 



14 



154 



54-0 



53-4 



0-6 



15 



148 



54-8 



54-0 



0-8 



16 



137 



55-0 



54-1 



0-9 



17 



124 



55-0 



540 



10 



18 



125 



55-0 



54-1 



0-9 



19 



121 



56-1 



55-1 



1-0 



20 



123 



58-5 



57-0 



1-5 



21 



122 



63-0 



60-0 



3-0 



22 



113 



65-9 



61-2 



4-7 



23 



105 



68-5 



62-7 



5-8 



1 



094 



68-2 



62-1 



6-1 



1 



089 



69-4 



63-6 



5-8 



2 



075 



70-0 



62-6 



7-4 



3 



059 



70-6 



62-0 



8-6 



4 



047 



72-9 



63-8 



9-1 



5 



041 



67-7 



62-4 



5-3 



6 



039 



65-0 



60-5 



4-5 



7 



048 



62-0 



58-7 



3-3 



8 



064 



58-2 



56-3 



1-9 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 It. lO"" 



lbs. 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-1 



0-1 



0-6 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-6 



lbs. 



0-1 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 



0-1 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-5 



From 



pt. 

 22 

 26 

 25 

 22 

 24 

 24 

 22 

 22 

 18 

 20 



19 

 24 



20 



18 

 20 



24 

 24 

 24 

 25 

 22 

 21 

 24 

 28 

 27 

 28 

 27 

 22 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 16 



24 



20 



22 



22 



18 



20 



24 







18 



30 



28 



28 



4 



6 



4 



3 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



Ijt. pt. pt. 

 26 



24 



28 



— :28 



— : — :31 



— : 31 : — 







24 ■ 







24- 



— 



24: 



— 



24: 







24: 



24 



— : 



24 



— : 



24 



— • 



22 



— : 



24 



— : 



26 



— ■ 



24 



— : 



— 



24 



Sky 

 clouded. 



0—10. 



8-5 

 3-0 

 2-5 

 2-0 

 1-5 

 1-5 

 10 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 



0-3 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 40 

 9-0 

 9-2 

 8-0 

 8-0 

 8-0 

 8-5 

 9-5 

 9-5 

 9-5 

 9-5 

 9-9 

 10-0 

 8-5 

 60 

 6-0 

 4-0 

 1-5 

 1-0 

 1-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



9-9 



9-9 



9-8 



9-8 



9-0 



9-5 



50 



8-0 



5-0 



60 



9-8 



9-9 



10-0 



10-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Scud and loose cumuli. 



Scud ; cirri. 



Loose cumuli ; cirri. 



Id. ; id. 



Loose cumuli; cirro-strati ; cirri and haze round hor.Q 

 Cirro-strati ; cirri and baze on horizon. 



Id. ; id. 



Patches of cirro-stratus to N. ; faint aurora. 

 Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Haze and cirrous clouds to N. ; faint aurora. 

 Cirro-strati to N. 

 Patch of cloud. 



Id. 

 Cirro-cumidi ; cirro-strati ; cirri ; fog in hollows. 

 Woolly, mottled, and linear cir. ; patches of cir.-cum. : 

 As before. 9 [cir.-str. ; fog in hallows, f 



Cirri ; cirrous haze and cirro-strati over the sky. 

 Scud ; cirri as before, with large feathers rad. from N.Q 

 Patches of scud ; woolly cirri ; sheets of cirro -strati. 

 Scud, cirri, &c., as before. O [halo.9 



Patches of scud ; woolly cir. and cir. haze ; faint solar 

 Thick woolly cir. ; cir.-str. ; cir. mass. Q 



Woolly cirri. 



Id. ; cirrous haze ; patches of cumuli. 



Id. ; id. and cirro-strati. 



Woolly cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirri ; cirro-strati 

 Woolly cirri ; cirrous haze. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Cirrous bands radiating from N by W. 

 Cirri to N. 



Cirri and cirro-strati, chiefly to N. 

 Faint Aurora seen through clouds. 

 jSunday — a.m. Nearly clear, a few cirri, p.m. Overcast 

 with a loose sort of cirro-stratous scud or cir.-cum.-str. 

 Mass of cirro-stratus. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Cirro-stratous scud. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id., or large eirro-ciunulo-strati. i 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



Id. 

 Scud ; loose cumuli ; 

 Id. ; Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id.; 

 Scud ; loose cumuli ; 

 Cirro-stratous scud. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



e 



cirro-cumulo-strati. 



hazy towards horizon, 

 hazy. 



It 



" 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. =: 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 

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



Aug. SOd ll"" 56". A shooting-star to E., magnitude 2, passing, towards the N., over 20° in 2 or 3 seconds; the course inclined 10° ts 

 the horizon. i 



