264 



Hourly Meteoeological Observations, December 9 — 11, 1845. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 



So. : C.-s. : Ci., 



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Max 

 fort 



mum 

 e in 

 10>°. 



From 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





9 8 



29-752 



40-4 



37-3 



3-1 



1-5 



1-2 



25 





0-5 



Cirro-strati to W. and SW. 



9 



779 



40-1 



37-0 



3-1 



1-9 



1-6 



26 





0-7 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze on horizon. 



10 



810 



38-8 



36-8 



20 



1-7 



0-7 



26 





: 1-0 



As before. ]) [corona and halo. 



11 



843 



40-1 



36-9 



3-2 



1-4 



0-8 



26 





1-5 



Thin cir.-str. and streaks of cir. lying E. and W. ; lur. 



12 



871 



40-2 



36-8 



3-4 



1-3 



0-8 



27 





4-0 



Nearly as before ; lunar corona and halo. 1 



13 



29-888 



39-6 



36-6 



3-0 



0-8 



0-5 



26 



— : — : 29 



5-0 



Woolly cir. and cir. haze ; lunar cor. and halo ; two shJ 



14 



906 



39-9 



36-6 



3-3 



1-2 



0-8 



26 





50 



Cirri in streaks and parallel bars. . ]) [ing-stars 



15 



933 



38-7 



35-8 



2-9 



0-9 



0-2 



26 





5-0 



Strips of thin cirri lying XW. and SE., barred across 



16 



970 



38-1 



35-2 



2-9 



00 



0-1 



19 





20 



Thin cii-ri and cirrous haze ; lunar corona. 



17 



29-990 



36-8 



34-6 



2-2 



0-2 



01 



21 





2-0 



Id. 



18 



30010 



35-3 



33-7 



1-6 



0-2 



0-1 



18 





1-8 



Cirro-strati. 



19 



030 



36-2 



34-2 



2-0 



0-2 



0-1 



18 





1-0 



Id. [cirro-strati to ^ 



20 



044 



35-2 



33-4 



1-8 



0-0 



00 



20 





1-0 



Band of cir.-str. and cir. to E. ; clouds on E. horizo 



21 



063 



35-0 



33-5 



1-5 



01 



0-0 



20 



28 : — : — 



20 



Patches of scud ; woolly cirri ; cir.-str. ; cirrous haz 



22 



078 



35-2 



33-8 



1-4 



0-1 



0-0 



28 



— : — :30 



] 6-0 



Woolly cir. and cir. haze ; scud ; cir.-str. ; solar halo at 22'' SO™ 



23 



102 



36-9 



35-1 



1-8 



0-0 



0-0 



28 



— : — : 30 



90 



Sky nearly covered with woolly cirri and cirrous haze 



10 



100 



39-2 



37-0 



2-2 



00 



0-0 



26 





100 



Id. 



1 



090 



39-5 



37-4 



2-1 



0-0 



00 



8 





10-0 



Id. ; faint solar halo 



2 



071 



40-7 



38-2 



2-5 



01 



00 



20 





10-0 



Cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. 



3 



059 



400 



37-8 



2-2 



0-0 



00 



16 





10-0 



Id. 



4 



045 



39-8 



37-6 



2-2 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





100 



Undulated cirro-stratus and cirrous mass. 1 



5 



30-005 



38-4 



36-8 



1-6 



0-1 



01 



17 





100 



Id., radiating from N by M 



6 



29-986 



40-3 



38-5 



1-8 



0-3 



01 



20 





10-0 



Mass of cirro-stratus. [and S by 



7 



959 



40-0 



38-3 



1-7 



0-2 



0-2 



18 





100 



Id. 



8 



903 



40-2 



390 



1-2 



0-2 



01 



18 





100 



Id. 



9 



839 



42-6 



41-3 



1-3 



1-0 



0-9 



18 



— : 22 : — 



100 



Thin cii'ro-stratus. 



10 



793 



44-0 



42-5 



1-5 



1-7 



11 



18 





100 



Cirro-stratus. 



11 



725 



45-5 



44-0 



1-5 



1-5 



2-3 



19 





10-0 



Id. 



12 



656 



46-3 



44-8 



1-5 



1-6 



1-4 



19 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus. 



13 



29-607 



47-4 



45-6 



1-8 



2-1 



1-3 



19 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus ; drops of rain. 



14 



555 



47-7 



46-4 



1-3 



2-2 



1-6 



18 





100 



Id. ; id. 



15 



524 



49-2 



47-1 



2-1 



1-3 



0-5 



19 



24 : — : — 



9-5 



Scud ; coloured lunar corona. 



16 



495 



50-4 



46-5 



3-9 



2-4 



1-3 



24 



25: — : — 



70 



Id. ; a patch of cir.-str. producing a diffuse coloui. 



17 



500 



47-2 



42-0 



5-2 



4-9 



3-2 



29 



25 : — : — 



3-5 



Scud ; coloured lunar corona. J [lunar cor- 



18 



494 



46-4 



41-5 



4-9 



3-3 



2-0 



26 





60 



Scud and loose cumuli. ^ 



19 



485 



43-6 



38-1 



5-5 



4-0 



11 



24 





0-5 



Patches of scud. 



20 



459 



42-3 



37-3 



5-0 



2-5 



2-3 



24 



. 



0-8 



Id. ; long cirrous streaks radiating from S^. 



21 



445 



42-8 



37-5 



5-3 



4-9 



3-7 



25 





0-8 



Streaks of cirri and patches of scud on horizon. , 



22 



442 



43-2 



38-1 



5-1 



5-7 



5-3 



28 





0-2 



Patches of scud and haze on horizon. ) 



23 



485 



43-5 



39-6 



3-9 



5-8 



4-3 



28 





1-0 



Loose scud. '•) 



11 



507 



44-4 



39-5 



4-9 



4-5 



3-7 



27 



28 : — : — 



6-0 



Scud and loose cumuli. ) 



1 



523 



440 



38-4 



5-6 



4-9 



5-3 



29 



29 : — : — 



40 



Id. ) 



2 



555 



43-6 



37-7 



5-9 



6-2 



5-0 



29 



30: — : — 



2-5 



Id. ) 



3 



601 



42-7 



37-4 



5-3 



7-7 



51 



29 



30: — : — 



5-0 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



4 



659 



41-9 



36-7 



5-2 



5-1 



4-2 



28 



30: — : — 



4-0 



Id. ') 



5 



712 



40-7 



36-4 



4-3 



5-7 



3-6 



30 



30 : — : — 



7-0 



Id. ) 



6 



755 



40-9 



36-3 



4-6 



4-2 



4-1 



29 





7-5 



Scud. j 



7 



796 



40-4 



36-6 



3-8 



3-3 



1-5 



28 





10-0 



Id. 1 



8 



842 



40-2 



36-6 



3-6 



2-3 



1-2 



29 



31 : — : — 



9-8 



Id. 



9 



878 



40-1 



36-4 



3-7 



2-6 



1-1 



30 



31 : — : — 



9-9 



Id. 



10 



917 



37-4 



34-6 



2-8 



1-5 



0-5 



31 





2-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus on horizon. 



11 



951 



37-7 



34-1 



3-6 



1-3 



0-4 



29 





1-0 



Id. 



12 



29-954 



37-9 



34-0 



3-9 



1-8 



1-6 



29 





10 



Scud and cirro-strati on E . horizon. i) 



13 



30-004 



37-9 



34-2 



3-7 



1-4 



1-5 



30 





1-5 



Scud and cirro-strati on E. horizon. ji> 



14 



025 



38-3 



35-8 



2-5 



10 



11 



29 





7-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. |^ 



The 



direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point oi 



the com 



pass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, 8. = 16, W. = 24. Tl 



motioi 



IS of the th 



ree stra 



ta of cl 



3uds, i 



3c. (sci 



id),C 



-s. (ci 



pro-stratus), an 



i Ci. (cir 



pus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



