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Hourly Meteorological Observations, November 28 — December 1, 1845. 





Gbtt. 

 Mean i 

 Time. 



Bako- 



METEU 



at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 









Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 forc( 



1^. 



mum 

 ; in 



10". 



Prom 



Sc. : C.-s : Ci., 



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 





d. h. i 



in. 



o 



o 







lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0-10. 







28 5 



29-115 



48-7 



46-5 



2-2 



0-4 



0-1 



17 





10-0 



Scud ; masses of cirro-stratus. 





6 



108 



48-3 



45-9 



2-4 



0-6 



0-4 



16 





10-0 



Id. 



id. 





7 



103 



48-4 



46-2 



2-2 



0-6 



0-3 



16 





lO-O 



Id. 



id. 





8 



101 



49-1 



46-5 



2-6 



0-8 



0-7 



16 





10-0 



Id. 



id. 





9 



084 



48-6 



46-0 



2-6 



0-6 



0-7 



16 





10-0 



Id. 



id. 





10 



067 



48-2 



45-9 



2-3 



1-4 



0-5 



16 





10-0 



Id. 



id. 





11 



047 



49-3 



46-3 



3-0 



2-2 



1-5 



16 





10-0 



Id. 





12 



044 



49-2 



46-6 



2-6 



2-4 



1-8 



17 





9-8 



Id. ; passing showers. 





13 



29-056 



46-3 



43-2 



3-1 



2-2 



0-6 



18 





2-5 



Clear. 





14 



045 



44-3 



42-2 



2-1 



1-0 



0-2 



16 





0-0 



Id. 





15 



29-020 



44-3 



41-8 



2-5 



1-0 



0-5 



16 





0-0 



Id. [shower at IG*" SO"". 





16 



28-977 



44-4 



41-6 



2-8 



2-0 



2-2 



16 





0-0 



Id. ; a few drops of rain ; no clouds visible ; a heavy 





17 



954 



44-6 



42-5 



2-1 



3-9 



2-0 



17 





3-5 



Scud. 





18 



937 



45-0 



42-3 



2-7 



7-6 



5-7 



17 





8-0 



Id. 





19 



960 



44-1 



41-3 



2-8 



8-3 



2-0 



19 





2-5 



Id. 





20 



28-986 



43-9 



41-4 



2.5 



2-1 



1-4 



18 



20: 



— : 



— 



9-8 



Id. ; drops of rain. 





21 



29-036 



43-2 



41-2 



20 



3-7 



2-3 



19 



21 : 







— 



9-5 



Id. ; cirro-stratus. 





22 



097 



45-0 



42-2 



2-8 



3-9 



2-4 



19 



23: 



24: 



— 



9-0 



Id. ; woolly cirro-strati ; linear cirri. 





23 



185 



46-3 



41-9 



4-4 



3-8 



3-5 



20 



24: 



— 



— 



9-2 



Id.; id.; id. O[tioaofahaio.0 





29 



266 



47-0 



41-8 



5-2 



2-5 



1-7 



21 



24: 







21 



8-0 



Id. ; little flocks of wo. cir. ; linear cii-. dispersed over the sky ; por- 





1 



286 



46-3 



42-1 



4-2 



21 



0-9 



21 



23: 



— 



21 



7-0 



Patches of scud ; wooUy cirri ; haze. G 





2 



312 



45-6 



40-7 



4-9 



1-5 



1-2 



21 



23 



— 



21 



8-0 



Cumulous scud ; cirri ; cirro-strati. 





3 



324 



43-4 



40-4 



3-0 



2-0 



1-2 



18 



23- 



— 



21 



8-0 



Scud ; woolly cirri ; cumuli ; cirro-strati. 





4 



339 



42-7 



38-7 



4-0 



1-8 



1-0 



20 



— 



— 



21 



6-5 



WooUy cirri radiating from SW. and NE. ; sheet of 





5 



351 



41-3 



38-9 



2-4 



1-4 



0-8 



19 



22 



— 



— 



1-5 



Patches of scud ; woolly cirro-strati. [cir.-str.0 





6 



375 



40-1 



38-0 



2-1 



0-3 



0-3 



21 





1-0 



Id. ; id. 





7 



377 



38-7 



36-9 



1-8 



0-4 



0-2 



17 





0-5 



Clouds on E. horizon. 





8 



382 



38-6 



36-7 



1-9 



0-8 



0-1 



20 





0-2 



Clear ; a patch or two of cloud to E. 





9 



376 



38-1 



36-4 



1-7 



0-6 



0-8 



21 





0-0 



Id. 





10 



376 



37-7 



36-1 



1-6 



0-5 



0-7 



20 





0-3 



Masses of scud to S. 





11 



381 



37-8 



36-2 



1-6 



0-2 



0-1 



22 





0-5 



Clouds on E. horizon. 





12 



371 



36-7 



35-4 



1-3 



0-2 



0-1 



22 





0-2 



Id. 





23A 



29-481 



38-6 



37-4 



1-2 



10 



0-2 



20 



— : 24 : — 





J Dense cirro-stratus ; patches of scud ; light rain in the 





""S 





















\ morning, p.m., curled cirri and cirro-strati. 





30 13 



29-047 



48-1 



46-6 



1-5 



8-5 



2-4 



18 





10-0 



Scud and cirrous clouds ? rain""'^ 





14 



012 



48-5 



47-3 



1-2 



3-7 



1-9 



19 





10-0 



Id. ; rain'''^ [at intervals. 





15 



047 



46-3 



44-2 



2-1 



2-9 



1-1 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; very dark ; rain*'^, showers'"'' 





16 



058 



44-7 



42-3 



2-4 



1-1 



1-6 



20 





2-0 



Cirrous scud ? 





17 



098 



41-5 



38-9 



2-6 



3-4 



1-7 



20 





0-8 



Id. 





18 



135 



38-6 



37-2 



1-4 



1-9 



0-3 



20 





9-2 



Scud. 





19 



157 



40-6 



37-8 



2-8 



2-4 



1-0 



20 





9-0 



Id. 





20 



i 170 



37-7 



35-5 



2-2 



2-1 



0-6 



21 





0-2 



Scud lying on Cheviot; streaks of cirri to E. 





21 



171 



37-9 



36-0 



1-9 



1-6 



1-5 



19 



23 



: — 



. 



1-5 



Scud ; atmosphere hazy. 





22 



179 



38-9 



36-9 



20 



2-4 



2-8 



18 



22 



: — 



: — 



6-0 



Id. e 





23 



182 



41-5 



38-4 



3-1 



3-0 



3-2 



21 



22 



: — 



22 



4-0 



Id. ; woolly and mottled cirri. 





1 



177 



42-3 



38-4 



3-9 



3-7 



3-3 



19 



22 



: — 



: — 



9-0 



Scud and loose cumuli; cum. ; cir.-str. ; cirrous haze.0 





1 



i 178 



42-0 



38-3 



3-7 



3-7 



2-2 



20 



22 



: — 



: — 



6-0 



Scud; cumuli; cirro-strati. O [showers. 





2 



! 182 



41-2 



38-9 



2-3 



3-2 



2-7 



21 



22 



: — 



:24 



7-0 



Scud ; thick woolly cirri ; cum. ; cirrous haze ; passing 





3 



198 



43-0 



39-2 



3-8 



5-0 



2-8 



20 



22 



: — 



: — 



9-5 



Id. ; rain falling to NE. and W. ; stormy-like. 





4 



215 



40-5 



38-2 



2-3 



3-0 



1-8 



19 



— 



:23 



: — 



2-5 



Cirro-stratus ; smoky scud on S. horizon. 





5 



244 



38-6 



36-7 



1-9 



2-5 



M 



20 



123 



: — 



: — 



6-0 



Scud ; loose watery cirro-stratus ; drops of rain. 





6 



266 



38-2 



36-4 



1-8 



3-0 



2-0 



20 



j 



6-0 



Cirro-stratous scud. 





7 



1 284 



37-8 



36-4 



1-4 



1-8 



1-2 



20 



1 



3-0 



Id. 





8 



312 



38-5 



36-9 



1-6 



1-6 



1-0 



19 





1-0 



Id. ; drops of fine rain. 





9 



335 



38-5 



36-9 



1-6 



1-1 



M 



19 





9-5 



Id. 





10 



349 



37-1 



36-3 



0-8 



2-3 



1-1 



18 



1 



1 5-0 



Id. ; heavy showers occasionally. ' 



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, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



