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Hourly Meteorological Observations, September 30 — October 2, 1845. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



30 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



1 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



2 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 U 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



29-336 

 353 

 367 

 375 

 391 

 418 

 442 

 456 

 470 

 456 

 444 

 445 

 429 

 430 

 431 

 432 

 419 

 413 

 411 

 397 

 389 

 388 



29-400 

 405 

 408 

 413 

 413 

 405 

 414 

 424 

 434 

 446 

 453 

 461 

 458 

 454 

 440 

 446 

 450 

 457 

 456 

 450 

 457 

 493 

 460 

 446 



29-426 

 437 

 431 

 430 

 394 

 370 

 396 

 400 

 414 

 386 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



46-0 

 45-2 

 44-6 

 46-6 

 46-5 

 46-7 

 49-9 

 52-0 

 52-0 

 54-0 

 54-4 

 54-3 

 54-7 

 54-0 

 52-8 

 52-3 

 52-0 

 51-5 

 51-0 

 50-8 

 510 

 50-0 



49-8 

 50-8 

 50-0 

 48-0 

 46-8 

 460 

 46-8 

 47-4 

 49-0 

 52-2 

 54-2 

 53-2 

 53-4 

 55-8 

 55-4 

 54-3 

 52-8 

 50-4 

 48-8 

 49-0 

 48-1 

 47-0 

 46-3 

 45-4 



45-0 

 45-3 



44-7 

 44-8 

 44-0 

 44-9 

 45-5 

 45-7 

 46-0 

 46-3 



43-7 

 42-8 

 43-2 

 44-0 

 44-0 

 45-0 

 47-4 

 48-7 

 48-0 

 49-6 

 48-3 

 48-6 

 49-4 

 49-2 

 49-1 

 48-6 

 48-6 

 48-4 

 480 

 47-8 

 48-3 

 47-8 



47-7 

 48-4 

 47-0 

 45-2 

 44-7 

 44-3 

 44-8 

 45-3 

 46-9 

 49-4 

 50-2 

 48-0 

 48-7 

 50-2 

 50-0 

 49-7 

 49-4 

 48-1 

 46-7 

 46-4 

 46-2 

 46-4 

 45-8 

 44-8 



44-2 

 44-3 

 43-9 

 44-1 

 43-5 

 44-5 

 44-9 

 45-0 

 45-3 

 45-7 



Diff. 



2-3 

 2-4 

 1-4 

 2-6 

 2-5 

 1-7 

 2-5 

 3-3 

 4-0 

 4-4 

 6-1 

 5-7 

 5-3 

 4-8 

 3-7 

 3-7 

 34 

 3-1 

 30 

 3-0 

 2-7 

 2-2 



2-1 

 2-4 

 30 

 2-8 

 2-1 

 1-7 

 20 

 21 

 21 

 2-8 

 4-0 

 5-2 

 4-7 

 5-6 

 5-4 

 4-6 

 3-4 

 2-3 

 2-1 

 2-6 

 1-9 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-6 



0-8 

 1-0 

 0-8 

 0-7 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-7 

 0-7 

 0-6 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 Ih. 10"> 



lbs. 



0-9 



0-5 



1-6 



0-8 



1-3 



0-8 



0-8 



1-0 



1-7 



3-3 



2-6* 



3-5 



3-2 



2-4 



3-0 



1-7 



1-2 



1-6 



1-6 



1-8 



23 



1-8 



1-8 

 1-2 

 1-3 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-1 

 00 

 00 

 01 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 



0-1 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 1-7 

 1-1 

 1-6 

 1-4 

 1-1 

 1-4 

 1-6 



lbs. 



0-4 

 1-1 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 1-1 

 0-1 

 0-9 

 1-0 

 1-5 

 1-9 

 2-2 

 20 

 30 

 2-3 

 0-9 

 0-9 

 0-6 

 1-2 

 1-1 

 1-4 

 1-8 

 0-9 



1-2 

 0-6 

 0-7 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 



0-0 

 01 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-9 

 1-2 

 0-6 

 0-8 

 06 

 11 



From 



pt. 



19 



20 



20 



20 



21 



20 



19 



20 



22 



20 



20 



20 



21 



21 



21 



20 



21 



21 



20 



20 



20 



21 



21 

 21 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 16 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 20 

 22 

 24 

 24 

 22 

 20 

 18 

 17 

 16 



4 

 3 



8 

 6 



6 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 6 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 4 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-s.:Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



24 : — : — 



23 



24: 



23 



— : 



23 



— : 



23 



— : 



22 



— : 



22 



— : 



22 



— • 



22 



: 



21 



— 



21 



— : 



21 



: 



:22: — 

 :22: — 



21 



Sky 

 clouded, 



0—10. 



3-0 

 4-5 

 9-5 

 7-5 

 2-0 

 2-0 

 8-5 

 7-0 

 3-5 

 3-5 

 7-0 

 9-0 

 9-5 

 9-9 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 5-0 

 3-0 

 2-0 

 1-5 

 10 



4-0 



10-0 



9-9 



6-0 



9-0 



9-0 



10-0 



10-0 



9-9 



10-0 



10-0 



9-5 



8-5 



9-9 



9-9 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



100 



10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Scud and cirro-strati on horizon. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Smoky scud ; cirro-strati. 



Scud ; loose cumuli, and cirro-strati on horizon. 

 Id. ; id. ; id. 



Id. ; watery cirro-cumuli. 

 Id. ; cirro-strati ; thin cirro-cumuli, 

 loose cumuli ; patches of cirri. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



id, 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



woolly cirri. 



id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



Thick scud and loose cumuli 

 Thick scud ; cirro-strati. 



Id. 



Id. ; id. ; 



Scud ; id. ; 



Id. ; id. ; 



Id. ; cirrous haze ? 



Id. ; id. ; 



cirrous haze. 



id. 



id. 



id. 



cirrous haze. 



stars dim. 

 haze ; stars dim. 

 id. ; id. 



id. 



id. 



I 



Dark mass of cirrous scud (?) to W. 



Id. 

 Scud ? breaking to W. ; shower lately. 

 Id. ? sky to N., rather milky. 

 Id. ? sky in zenith. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirrous haze ? 

 Cirro-strati radiating from ENE. and WSW. 



Id. 

 Cirro-strati ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



Id. ; id. ; patches of scud. | 



Loose scud ; dense mass of cirro-strati. # [cir.-str.G 

 Woolly cir. rad. from WSW. ; loose scud to N. ; cum.; 

 As before ; flocks of swallows flying about. C 



Scud and loose cumuli ; dense mass of cirro-stratus. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati ; cumuli. L^ 



Scud ; sky covered with cirrous haze. |^ 



AS DeiOre. (and moving slightly in various directions. 



Blotched mass of cirro-stratus w-ith patches of scud forming below. 



As before ; flock of lapwings moving north at 6^ 

 Id. ? very dark. 



Id. ; rain in a few minutes. 

 Id. ; rain^ 

 Rain^ 

 Id. 



Rain^ 

 Rain2 



Id. 

 Raini-2 



Id. 



Id. 

 Scud 



Id.; 



Id.; 



Id.; 



rain^ - 



continuous rain^'^ 

 rain"-^ 



0-2 



rain" 



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. 

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



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