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HouELY Meteorological Obseevations, Decembee 17 — 19, 1845. 267 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 





II 





1 



[::t. 



rie. 



I h. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 3:2°. 







Clouds, 

 Sc.:C.-s.:Ci., Sky 

 moving clouded, 

 from 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



Ih. jlO-". 



Prom 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





? 5 



29-457 



30-9 



29-6 



1-3 



0-0 



0-0 



2 





10-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirrous haze ; foggy to E. 



6 



448 



29-8 



28-6 



1-2 



0-0 



0-0 



2 





7-0 



Cirro-strati ; cirrous haze over the s\y. 



7 



446 



27-0 



26-6 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 



16 





3-0 



Cirrous haze. 



8 



440 



26-1 



26-4 





0-0 



0-0 







3-0 



Id. 



9 



419 



28-3 



27-9 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







lO-O 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze. ^ 



10 



410 



30-0 



28-8 



1-2 



0-0 



0-0 



2 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus. 



11 



398 



29-2 



28-6 



0-6 



0-1 



0-0 



10 





10-0 



Id. ; dense cirrous haze. 



12 



388 



28-9 



28-2 



0-7 



0-0 



GO 



12 





100 



Id. ; id. 



13 



29-383 



30-5 



29-6 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 



6 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus ; fine flakes of snow. 



jl4 



369 



30-3 



30-0 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



4 





10-0 



Id. ; snow^ 



|l5 



371 



32-0 



31-8 



0-2 



00 



0-0 



4 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



;i6 



359 



33-0 



32-5 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 



2 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



17 



351 



33-7 



33-4 



0-3 



0-3 



0-4 



2 





10-0 



Homogeneous mass ; sleet. 



18 



353 



34-8 



34-2 



0-6 



0-9 



0-6 



2 





10-0 



Id. ; id. ) 



19 



366 



34-6 



33-9 



0-7 



0-6 



0-4 



3 





10-0 



Sleeti 



20 



371 



34-3 



33-6 



0-7 



0-4 



0-2 



2 





10-0 



SleetO-2 



'21 



406 



35-5 



34-4 



M 



0-3 



0-3 



2 



4 



— 



— 10-0 



Homogeneous mass of scud ; rain^'^ 



[22 



406 



35-5 



34-4 



1-1 



0-5 



0-4 







3 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



i23 



416 



35-8 



34-7 



1-1 



0-8 



0-6 







3 



— 



— 9-8 



Clouds broken up ; scud ; cirro-cumuli and cir.-str. 







424 



36-0 



34-9 



11 



0-6 



0-1 



2 



4 



— 



— lO-O 



Patches of scud ; cir.-cum.str., the motion scarcely perceptible. 



1 



424 



36-1 



35-0 



1-1 



0-2 



0-1 



1 



4 



20 



— 6-0 



Cirro-stratous scud on horizon ; id. © 



2 



412 



36-1 



34-9 



1-2 



0-2 



0-1 









2-5 



Id. ; cirro-cumuli. O 



3 



424 



360 



34-6 



1-4 



0-6 



0-5 



31 



3: — 



— 4-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. Q 



4 



429 



35-0 



34-2 



0-8 



0-9 



0-2 



31 



3: — 



— 9-5 



Scud ; ciiro-stratous scud ; rain*''^ 



5 



443 



34-8 



33-1 



1-7 



0-5 



0-4 









9-7 



Id. ; id. 



i 6 



427 



31-8 



30-2 



1-6 



0-2 



0-1 



2 





1-0 



Cloud and haze on horizon. 



i 7 



416 



28-8 



28-4 



0-4 



0-1 



0-1 



17 





1-0 



Id. 



8 



410 



29-2 



27-8 



1-4 



0-1 



0-1 



19 





I-O 



Id. 



9 



390 



26-2 



26-0 



0-2 



01 



01 



20 





2-0 



Id. 



10 



356 



27-3 



27-1 



0-2 



0-1 



0-1 



18 





6-0 



Cirro-stratus and haze. ^ 



Al 



331 



27-4 



26-9 



0-5 



00 



00 



22 





10-0 



Massofcir.-str. and cir. haze; a few stars dimly visible. ) 



Il2 



283 



27-3 



27-0 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; id. ) 



113 



29-227 



28-3 



27-6 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





10-0 



Mass of cirro-stratus, denser ; moon scarcely visible. ) 



114 



183 



29-2 



28-5 



0-7 



0-0 



00 



18 





10-0 



Id., id. [about IS'' 15". 



115 



141 



31-1 



30-0 



1-1 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





10-0 



Id., id. ; commenced snowing 



16 



29058 



31-8 



31-0 



0-8 



0-2 



0-3 



16 





10-0 



Homogeneous mass of clouds. 



17 



28-943 



31-4 



30-5 



0-9 



0-4 



0-2 



18 



— :24 



— 10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud (?) moving rather quickly ; cir.-str, ; 



'l8 



848 



34-8 



32-7 



2-1 



2-1 



2-1 



18 





10-0 



Homogeneous mass. [clouds broken. ) 



19 



787 



34-7 



33-7 



1-0 



2-0 



1-6 



17 





10-0 



Id. 



20 



690 



35-3 



34-4 



0-9 



21 



1-4 



16 



22 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud ; cirro-strati seen through break to S. ) 



21 



604 



37-4 



36-6 



0-8 



2-5 



1-9 



18 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; dense homogeneous cirro-stratus. 



22 



563 



38-5 



37-9 



0-6 



1-7 



0-6 



18 



20 



24 



— 9-9 



Id. ; id. 



23 



550 



40-7 



39-2 



1-5 



1-7 



0-4 



21 



20 



24 



:— 9-7 



Loose scud ; cirro-stratous scud ; cir.-str. ; sky to NW. 







528 



41-2 



38-3 



2-9 



0-9 



0-6 



22 



— 



25 



— 4-0 



Loose cirro-strati ; cirro-strati and cirrous haze. O 



1 



539 



40-3 



37-3 



30 



0-6 



0-5 



21 



— 



25 



— 4-0 



Id. ; id. O 



2 



512 



41-0 



37-0 



4-0 



1-0 



0-8 



20 





1-0 



Cirro-strati ; haze and patches of scud round hor. O 



3 



497 



39-7 



36-7 



3-0 



0-3 



0-4 



20 





2-0 



Id. O [cirrous haze. 



4 



473 



38-2 



35-9 



2-3 



1-1 



0-8 



20 



24: — 



— 3-5 



Thick scud rising to AV. ; cir.-cum.-str. ; woolly cirri ; 



5 



458 



35-9 



34-4 



1-5 



1-1 



0-3 



19 



— :24: 



— 3-5 



Loose cirro-strati and cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



6 



433 



35-4 



33-9 



1-5 



0-7 



0-4 



19 





0-5 



Id. 



7 



417 



35-7 



34-5 



1-2 



0-9 



0-4 



20 





0-8 



Id. 



8 



398 



35-7 



34-5 



1-2 



0-5 



0-7 



19 





5-0 



Cirro-stratous scud? drops of rain. 



9 



363 



36-9 



35-4 



1-5 



1-6 



1-1 



19 





0-5 



Id. ? ; shooting-star from y to 6 Ursae Majoris. 



10 



343 



37-1 



35-4 



1-7 



2-0 



1-0 



19 





2-0 



Id. ; drops of rain. 



11 



314 



36-7 



35-2 



1-5 



1-2 



0-7 



18 





2-5 



Scud and cirro-stratus. 



12 



296 



35-5 



34-1 



1-4 0-7 1 



0-6 



19 





2-0 



Id. 



,The 



direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the po 



int of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



otioi 



IS of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus 



), and Ci. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Dec 



. IS^ XT'" 11. Wind commenced blowinj^ 0-8 lb., baroniettr 



28-925. ir^ 40". Wind blowing 2-0 lb., barometer 28-876. 19^ 30". 



^ind 



blowing 1- 



6 lb., ba 



roraetei 



[•28-7E 



!5. 2 



Ji'SO" 



>. Wii 



idbl 



owin 



g 2-5 lb., baro 



meter 28-647. 21ii 30™. Barometer 28-581. 1 



