

Hourly Meteorological Observations 



, December 22—25, 1845. 269 



», Baro- 



l METER 



. at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Cloud 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



s, 



:Ci., Sky 



g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 Ih. 



mum 

 e in 

 lO-". 



Prom 



in. 



o 



o 







lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0-10. 





B 28-819 



36-7 



35-7 



1-0 



3-8 



20 



29 





10-0 



Shower^""^ of rain and hail. 



9 885 



38-0 



35-4 



2-6 



4-3 



2-1 



29 





0-5 



Scud on horizon. ]) 



) 28-971 



38-3 



35-5 



2-8 



3-3 



2-4 



29 





1-5 



Id. D 



I 29-040 



39-7 



36-5 



3-2 



30 



2-6 



29 



31 



— 



— 5-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. ]) 



2 111 



40-5 



37-6 



2-9 



4-0 



3-5 



29 







— 



— 6-0 



Id. ; id. 



} 172 



41-6 



38-2 



3-4 



4-2 



2-7 



29 



— 







— 7-0 



Loose cirro-strati ; loose scud and cirro-strati. O 



) 239 



42-7 



39-2 



3-5 



3-0 



2-0 



31 







— 



— 8-5 



Scud and cirro-strati ; cumulo-strati. 



I 292 



42-7 



39-6 



3-1 



2-8 



2-5 



31 







— 



— 9-5 



Id. 



2 351 



42-4 



39-2 



3-2 



2-6 



2-0 











— : 



— 9-5 



Id. ; passing showers. 



J 408 



42-5 



39-0 



3-5 



2-7 



1-3 



31 







— 



— 9-8 



Id. 



it 457 



41-0 



38-3 



2-7 



2-0 



0-6 



29 



31 



— - 



— 9-0 



Id. 



1) 509 



40-8 



37-3 



3-5 



1-2 



1-0 



30 



31 



— 



— 9-0 



Scud ; cirro-stratus. 



1) 552 



41-5 



37-6 



3-9 



1-6 



1-3 



29 





9-7 



Id. ; id. 



7 596 



40-7 



37-2 



3-5 



1-6 



0-6 



29 





9-0 



Id. 



} 630 



39-6 



36-5 



3-1 



0-6 



0-4 



30 





4-0 



Id. 



) 663 



40-0 



36-5 



3-5 



1-6 



0-5 



31 





5-0 



Id. 



) 698 



38-9 



35-7 



3-2 



0-9 



0-3 



29 





3-0 



Id. 



1 725 



37-6 



34-8 



2-8 



0-5 



0-4 



29 





1-5 



Id. on horizon. 



J 748 



36-9 



34-3 



2-6 



0-7 



0-5 



28 





1-5 



Id. 



\ 29-769 



36-1 



33-8 



2-3 



0-8 



0-4 



29 





2-0 



Scud. 



[ 792 



35-8 



33-5 



2-3 



0-8 



0-3 



28 





1-5 



Id. 



i) 827 



35-3 



34-0 



1-3 



0-8 



0-2 



28 





1-5 



Id. 



5 862 



34-0 



32-0 



2-0 



0-3 



0-2 



22 





0-5 



Clouds on E. horizon. ^ 



863 



32-8 



31-0 



1-8 



0-1 



01 



22 





0-5 



Id. D 



i 867 



30-5 



29-4 



1-1 



0-0 



00 



20 





0-0 



Clear. ]) 



) 883 



28-3 



27-4 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 







0-0 



Id. D 



) 889 



29-2 



28-2 



1-0 



0-1 



00 



18 





0-5 



Thin cirri and cirrous haze ; lunar corona. }) 



1 913 



28-6 



27-5 



1-1 



0-1 



0-0 



18 



— 



. — 



2 3-0 



Orange-coloured woolly and linear cir. radiating from NNE. and SSW. 



I 914 



31-0 



29-4 



1-6 



00 



0-0 



22 



— 



: — 



1 9-0 



Woolly cir, and cir. haze radiating from N by E. and 



i 920 



32-7 



30-9 



1-8 



0-2 



0-0 



20 



— 



— 



9-5 



As before. G [S by W. 



) 913 



34-6 



32-1 



2-5 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





9-5 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze ; traces of a solar halo. Q 



I 896 



36-9 



33-9 



30 



0-2 



0-3 



20 





8-0 



Id. ; id. e 



I 875 



37-0 



34-1 



2-9 



0-5 



0-3 



20 





9-5 



As before, clouds becoming thicker. 



! 857 



37-7 



351 



2-6 



0-8 



0-2 



20 



— _ 



:30 



— 10-0 



Cirro-strati ; cirro-cumulo-strati and cirrous haze. 



I 840 



380 



35-7 



2-3 



1-6 



0-4 



19 







.27 



— 9-7 



As before. 



) 815 



39-3 



37-3 



2-0 



0-6 



0-9 



19 



20 



:28 



— 10-0 



Patches of scud to S. ; cir.-str. in dense irregular masses. 



|) 819 



40-8 



38-8 



2-0 



2-0 



0-6 



19 





9-8 



Scud. 



' 865 



40-2 



38-6 



1-6 



1-6 



0-6 



19 





9-8 



Id. ; stars dim. 



i 756 



41-5 



400 



1-5 



2-9 



2-5 



19 





10-0 



Id. ; drops of rain. 



> 740 



42.6 



41-2 



1-4 



2-1 



1-6 



19 





10-0 



Id. ; very dark. 



) 740 



42-6 



41-3 



1-3 



1-9 



1-9 



20 





10-0 



Very dark. 



722 



43-6 



42-2 



1-4 



1-9 



1-8 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



} 699 



44-3 



42-9 



1-4 



1-8 



1-4 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



^ 29-697 



44-9 



43-7 



1-2 



2-1 



1-3 



20 





10-0 



Very dark. 



I 683 



677 



} 678 



45-6 



44-3 



1-3 



1-3 



0-8 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



46-3 



44-7 



1-6 



1-6 



1-0 



20 





100 



Id. rainO-8 



46-2 



44-8 



1-4 



1-5 



11 



20 





10-0 



Stars faintly visible here and there ; rain*'^ 



\ 680 



46-2 



45-1 



1-1 



1-0 



0-5 



19 





10-0 



Dark; rainO-2 



\ 691 



45-6 



45-2 



0-4 



0-4 



0-4 



18 





100 



Id. ; drops of fine rain. 



\ 727 



46-8 



45-7 



1-1 



0-6 



0-3 



21 





9-8 



Scud ; clouds broken ; rain*''^ 



1 774 



45-7 



43-3 



2-4 



0-4 



0-1 



19 





9-8 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. ) 



801 



42-5 



400 



2-5 



0-2 



0-1 



20 



— :24 



— 9-5 



Cir.-cum. radiating from WSW.; woolly and linear cirri from SW. ; 



! 826 



42-2 



39-6 



2-6 



0-3 



0-1 



20 



— : — 



24 9-0 



Various cirri ; cirro-strati. © l^"^ °" horizon. 



i 882 



43-0 



40-5 



2-5 



0-4 



0-3 



20 





8-5 



Id. ; id. O 



• ) 891 



43-8 



40-4 



3-4 



0-5 



0-2 



20 



— : — 



24 8-0 



Id. ; id. O 



903 



45-0 



41-2 



3-8 



0-4 



0-2 



21 



— : — 



24 8-0 



Id. ; cirrous haze. © 

























le 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 

 mc Dns of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 

 !C. 234 211'. Sky of a beautifully-green colour to SB. 



AG. AND MET. OBS. 1845. 



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