262 



Hourly Meteoeological Observations, December 3 — 6, 1845. 







Thermometers. 





Wind. 







— 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 











Cloud 



3, 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



mum 

 e in 

 lO". 



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. 



■ 



3 18 



29-312 



30-4 



28-9 



1-5 



0-3 



0-2 



21 





0-0 



Clear ; very faint auroral arch about 10° alt. , still visible, 



19 



326 



30-4 



29-1 



1-3 



0-2 



0-1 



20 





01 



Id. ; patch of scud on Cheviot. 



20 



341 



30-6 



29-6 



1-0 



0-2 



0-2 



19 





0-2 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



21 



352 



330 



31-7 



1-3 



0-2 



0-2 



19 



— 



.26 



— 7-0 



Woolly cirro-strati and cirri ; cum.-str. on ENE. hor. 



22 



371 



34-4 



33-1 



1-3 



0-4 



0-2 



20 



— 



.25 



:— 5-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati and scud. Q 



23 



371 



33-4 



32-7 



0-7 



0-4 



0-8 



19 



— 



26 



— 2-0 



Loose cirro-strati ; sheet of cirro-strati. q 



4 



369 



36-2 



34-4 



1-8 



0-8 



0-4 



20 



— 



:26 



:— 9-8 



Cirro-cmnulo-strati ; loose scud. q 



1 



353 



37-1 



35-2 



1-9 



0-4 



0-7 



19 



— 



.27 



.— 9-0 



Cir. -cum.-str. and cirro-stratus ; cum.-str. ; wool, cir.f 



2 



342 



38-4 



35-9 



2-5 



1-3 



0-9 



19 



— 



:27 



:— 9-8 



Thick cir.-str. ; sheets of cir.-strati ; cir. ; haze ; scud on 



3 



323 



38-3 



360 



2-3 



0-8 



0-4 



20 



— 



:26 



:— 9-8 



As before. [Cheviot, &c. 



4 



301 



38-8 



36-6 



2-2 



0-5 



0-5 



19 



— 



:26 



— 100 



Id. 



5 



287 



39-4 



37-4 



2-0 



1-2 



0-5 



20 





10-0 



Dense mass of cirro-stratus ; cirro-strati. 



6 



261 



39-3 



37-7 



1-6 



0-4 



01 



19 





100 



Patches of scud and sheet of cirro-stratus. ) 



7 



215 



37-1 



36-2 



0-9 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Id. ; clouds broken. 



8 



162 



39-6 



38-1 



1-5 



0-5 



0-4 



18 





9-5 



Cirro-stratus ; clouds broken. 



9 



112 



39-7 



38-4 



1-3 



0-7 



0-5 



18 





8-8 



Scud and cirro-strati ; sky in zenith. 



10 



29-030 



40-1 



38-5 



1-6 



1-3 



0-6 



18 





10-0 



Id. ; clouds broken. 



11 



28-989 



40-9 



39-3 



1-6 



0-5 



0-2 



18 





100 



Id. 



12 



925 



41-0 



39-6 



1-4 



0-5 



0-4 



18 





7-5 



Id. 



13 



28-865 



41-1 



400 



11 



0-7 



0-6 



18 





9-9 



Very slight drizzle. 



14 



823 



43-9 



431 



0-8 



1-4 



0-9 



19 





10-0 



Id. 



15 



815 



44-1 



41-9 



2-2 



M 



0-5 



20 





0.5 



Clouds on horizon. 



16 



809 



43-4 



39-6 



3-8 



2-5 



1-8 



21 





100 



Scud ; occasionally drops of rain. 



17 



784 



41-4 



38-4 



3-0 



2-9 



1-4 



19 





8-0 



Id. 



18 



811 



420 



38-6 



3-4 



2-4 



1-4 



21 





9-9 



Id. 



19 



812 



41-8 



38-4 



3-4 



50 



2-8 



22 





0-5 



Id. on SE. horizon. 



20 



812 



41-6 



37-7 



3-9 



3-4 



1-8 



20 





i 5-0 



Dense mass of cirrous fringed scud. 



21 



820 



41-6 



37-8 



3-8 



4-2 



31 



22 



24: — 



— 4-0 



Scud ; cirro-strati on E. horizon ; drops of rain. 



22 



835 



41-4 



37-9 



3-5 



3-4 



4-2 



21 





1 2-0 



Loose cirro-strati ; cirro-strati and haze on horizon. 9 



23 



855 



41-0 



38-6 



2-4 



4-0 



2-4 



22 



— : 24 



— i 2-5 



Id. ; id. ; nimbi. 



5 



859 



40-9 



37-7 



3-2 



3-9 



2-3 



19 



24:24 



— 1-0 



Scud and cir. masses of cir.-str. like the tops of nimbi. 9 



1 



860 



39-4 



37-2 



2-2 



2-8 



0-8 



20 





1-5 



Loose scud, cirro-strati, cumuli and nimbi. 



2 



876 



40-4 



37-3 



3-1 



2-5 



2-2 



22 



24: — 



— 1 1-5 



As before ; cumulo-strati. 



3 



887 



390 



37-0 



2-0 



3-1 



0-5 



19 





1 1-5 



Id. ; nimbi all round horizon. 



4 



906 



40-8 



38-0 



2-8 



1-3 



1-2 



21 



24: — 



— 7-5 



Id. ; id. ; sky looking very wild. 



5 



914 



40-5 



37-2 



3-3 



1-2 



1-2 



20 





5-0 



Cirrous masses of cir.-str. ; nimbi ; dense clouds to N. ; 



6 



932 



38-6 



36-3 



2-3 



1-3 



0-5 



19 





5-0 



Scud. > 1 stormy-like, 



7 



929 



38-9 



36-9 



20 



0-7 



0-4 



20 





9-8 



Id. 



8 



929 



37-4 



35-8 



1-6 



0-7 



0-3 



19 





0-8 



Id. J 



9 



931 



37-3 



35-4 



1-9 



0-6 



0-3 



20 





1-0 



Id. J 



10 



937 



37-9 



36-1 



1-8 



0-6 



0-9 



19 



25 : — 



— j 6-5 



Id. 



11 



948 



37-9 



35-9 



2-0 



1-4 



0-8 



20 





: 7-5 



Id. ; rainO-' 



12 



921 



37-7 



35-5 



2-2 



1-4 



1-3 



20 





2-0 



Id. and cirro-strati on horizon. 



13 



28-921 



38-7 



36-4 



2-3 



20 



1-6 



19 





3-5 



Scud and cirro-strati on horizon. 



14 



926 



38-7 



36-2 



2-5 



2-2 



1-8 



20 





1 30 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



15 



910 



37-9 



35-7 



2-2 



1-3 



1-3 



20 





1 10 



Clear ; clouds on N. horizon. 



16 



926 



37-6 



35-4 



2-2 



2-0 



1-2 



21 





i 1-0 



Id. ; id. 



17 



927 



36-7 



34-8 



1-9 



1-3 



0-5 



20 





10 



Id. ; clouds on NE. and SW. horizon. 



18 



942 



36-3 



34-6 



1-7 



0-6 



0-3 



19 





4-0 



Cirro-strati. 



19 



942 



371 



35-1 



2-0 



1-0 



0-3 



19 





4-0 



Scud. 



20 



966 



39-0 



36-6 



2-4 



0-5 



0-7 



19 



22 



— 



— i 9-5 



Id. 



21 



986 



36-6 



34-9 



1-7 



0-5 



0-1 



19 



22 







- ! 30 



Cir.-str. scud with cir. fringes ; woolly and mottled cir. 



22 



28-998 



36-4 



35-1 



1-3 



0-2 



0-1 



20 



22 



— 



— ' 2-5 



Scud ; cirro-strati and woolly cirri. 



23 



29012 



40-1 



38-6 



1-5 



0-1 



0-0 



18 



22 



: 



— [ 90 



As before. 



6 



016 



410 



39-4 



1-6 



0-1 



0-0 



16 



22: 



— : 



— 9-0 



Id. 



1 



012 



44-1 



41-3 



2-8 



0-3 



0-2 



18 



22: 



— : 



^ ' 9-5 



Id. 



The 



direction 



Df the w 



iud is indicated by 



the number 



of tlie poi 



nt of the com; 



jass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = '^i. The > 



motioi 



IS of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (sci 



id), C.-s. (cii 



ro-stratus 



), and Ci. (cin 



us), are indicated in a sin)ilar manner. 



