244 



Hourly Meteoeological Observations, October 16 — 19, 1845. 







Thermometers. 





Wind 









■"' 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 



METEK 



at 32°. 











Cloud 



Si 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



Ih. 



mum 

 e in 

 10". 



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. 





16 11 



29-657 



50-0 



46-4 



3-6 



1-2 



0-8 



19 



23: — 



— 1 10-0 



Scud. 



12 



632 



50-1 



46-9 



3-2 



1-4 



1-1 



19 





100 



[a few drops of rain. 



13 



29-622 



50-4 



47-3 



3-1 



2-7 



1-1 



19 





10-0 



Scud on hor. ; sky covered with cir. haze; lunar halo 



14 



590 



49-7 



47-3 



2-4 



2-6 



1-7 



19 





100 



As before, haze rather denser. 



15 



579 



50- 1 



47-6 



2-5 



3-2 



3-4 



19 



24: — 



— 10-0 



! Id. 



16 



580 



49-8 



47-6 



2-2 



3-1 



1-6 



19 





10-0 



Scud ; thickening cirrous haze ; rain"'-' 



17 



564 



49-7 



47-6 



2-1 



1-8 



1-9 



19 



24: — 



— j 100 



Patches of scud : thickening cir. haze ; drops of rain 



18 



553 



50-0 



47-6 



2-4 



2-0 



2-2 



19 





100 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



19 



569 



49-6 



47-7 



1-9 



2-7 



1-6 



20 



23 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; • id. 



20 



577 



48-4 



46-6 



1-8 



1-6 



0-8 



21 



23 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



21 



570 



49-3 



47-8 



1-5 



0-7 



0-5 



19 



23 



— 



— 10-0 



Thick scud ; rain"'^ 



22 



550 



50-5 



48-7 



1-8 



1-3 



0-7 



18 



23 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; flock of gulls moving westward. 



23 



535 



52-3 



49-3 



3-0 



1-8 



1-0 



20 



23 



— 



— 100 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



17 



538 



53-0 



50-3 



2-7 



1-3 



11 



20 



23 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; mass of cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. 



1 



512 



53-7 



50-8 



2-9 



1-7 



0-1 



19 



23 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. ; id. 



2 



496 



53-5 



50-7 



2-8 



1-2 



1-1 



20 



23 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



3 



473 



54-9 



51-3 



3-6 



1-1 



0-7 



19 



22 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; rain»-3 



4 



449 



52-4 



51-7 



0-7 



0-5 



0-4 



18 



23 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; Scotch mist ; rain"''' 



5 



436 



53-2 



52-7 



0-5 



0-6 



0-5 



20 



24 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; rain"'^ 



6 



443 



54-8 



53-8 



1-0 



0-5 



0-3 



22 



24 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; rain"''^ 



7 



452 



55-6 



54-0 



1-6 



0-5 



0-4 



22 





100 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



8 



453 



57-0 



54-3 



2-7 



1-7 



0-8 



21 





10-0 



Id. 



9 



465 



56-8 



54-3 



2-5 



1-4 



0-6 



21 





100 



Id. ; drops of rain. 



10 



477 



57-0 



54-5 



2-5 



1-4 



0-9 



21 





100 



Id. ; id. 



11 



470 



58-0 



54-7 



3-3 



2-1 



1-5 



20 





100 



Id. 



12 



498 



57-9 



54-6 



3-3 



2-6 



2-5 



21 





10-0 



Id. 



13 



29-501 



58-0 



54-3 



3-7 



3-3 



1-5 



21 





10-0 



Scud. 



14 



508 



56-2 



53-9 



2-3 



3-8 



2-2 



21 





10-0 



Id. 



15 



517 



56-0 



53-2 



2-8 



2-6 



1-7 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



16 



543 



55-7 



52-2 



3-5 



3-7 



3-4 



21 





10-0 



Id. 



17 



556 



55-3 



51-7 



3-6 



3-8 



2-0 



21 





100 



Id. 



18 



551 



54-9 



51-1 



3-8 



4-5 



3-7 



20 



24 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. 



19 



569 



54-4 



50-6 



3-8 



3-1 



1-5 



21 



24 



— 



— 9-2 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-stratus. [cir. and cir.-cui 



20 



564 



55-4 



50-6 



4-8 



2-9 



1-9 



20 



24 



26 



— 9-2 



Loose scud resting on Cheviot ; cir.-str. scud ; mottk 



21 



565 



55-7 



510 



4-7 



2-6 



1-6 



20 



24 



— 



— 90 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirri. 



22 



558 



56-3 



51-6 



4-7 



3-3 



4-3 



20 



23 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



23 



547 



56-7 



53-2 



3-5 



3-2 



2-3 



21 



23 



25 



— 9-8 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



18 



532 



57-3 



53-3 



4-0 



3-3 



2-7 



22 



24 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. ; a few drops of rain. 



1 



538 



58-0 



54-2 



3-8 



30 



2-7 



20 



24 



— 



:— 10-0 



Id. ; id. [sionally.l 



2 



529 



58-7 



54-2 



4-5 



3-5 



5-5 



23 



24 



— 



— 6-0 



Scud or loose cumuli ; cirri to E. ; drops of rain occs 



3 



556 



58-6 



54-1 



4-5 



5-2 



4-2 



26 



24 



— 



— 2-2 



Id. ; id. 



4 



597 



55-7 



49-8 



5-9 



7-3 



2-1 



24 



25 



— 



— 1-5 



Id. ; id. 



5 



653 



53-3 



47-6 



5-7 



3-2 



3-6 



21 



26 



— 



— 3-5 



Id. ; woolly and mottled cirri. 



6 



676 



521 



47-4 



4-7 



2-7 



1-3 



24 



26 



25 



— 3-0 



Scud ; sheets of thin mottled cirro-stratus. 



7 



717 



51-4 



47-3 



4-1 



1-6 



1-3 



22 





1-5 



j Scud and patches of cirri. , 



8 



'. 763 



500 



46-4 



3-6 



10 



0-2 



20 





0-3 



Patches of scud and streaks of cirri. i 



9 



786 



49-3 



45-9 



3-4 



0-5 



0-7 



21 





0-2 



Id. ; 



10 



813 



48-6 



45-4 



3-2 



0-7 



0-2 



21 





0-2 



Cirri. ' 



11 



830 



46-7 



44-0 



2-7 



0-4 



0-4 



21 





20 



Woolly cirri to S. , 



12 



i 870 



460 



43-8 



2-2 



0.2 



01 



18 





8-5 



Cirro-strati ; cirro-cumulo-strati and cirri. 



23| 



29-810 



48-0 



47-7 



0-3 



0-6 



0-0 









(Sunday — Cloudy, with occasional sunshine and heav 

 ( showers ; scud from W by S. 



19 13 



29-509 



54-4 



53-4 



1-0 



3-9 



1-9 



20 





10-0 



Scud ; cirro-stratus ; rain^ 1 



14 



493 



54-0 



52-9 



11 



4-2 



2-6 



20 



22: — 



:— 9-5 



Id. ; loose cir.-cum.-str. ; rain"'^ ; lunar corona. | 



15 



■ 470 



53-9 



52-7 



1-2 



3-4 



1-7 



20 





10-0 



; Id. ; id. ; rain^ i 



16 



507 



49-7 



47-2 



2-5 



3-1 



1-6 



20 





100 



i Id. ; id. ; rain^ 



Tht 



! direction of the wind is indicated b) 



' the I 



lumbe 



r of the ] 



3oint of the c 



ompass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. Th.l 



motio 



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



ud),C 



.-s. (ci 



rro-stratu 



s), and Ci. (cii 



[•rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Oct 



. 16* lli». Observation made at ll"" 



3m. 











Oct 

 too m 



. 17d St". Portion of the turkey-feath 

 uch south of west. 



er vai 



le disa 



ppeared, 



30 that the dii 



ections for a day or two have probably been taken a poin 



