



Hourly Meteorological Observations 



, December 27—30, 1845. 271 







Thermometers. 





Wind. 









t. 

 1.11 

 e. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32». 









Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Max 

 fore 

 1". 



mum 

 e in 



10". 



From 



h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0-10. 





10 



28-841 



48-2 



47-0 



1-2 



4-7 



4-2 



20 





10-0 



Scud. 



1 



28-828 



52-1 



47-8 



4-3 



6-9 



7-6 



21 





6-0 



Id. ; cirrous scud ? 



2 



28-865 



49-6 



44-6 



5-0 



5-7 



3-3 



22 





4-0 



Thin scud ? stars very dim. 



3i 



29-268 



35-7 



33-6 



21 



4-6 



0-0 







10-0 



JSunday — a.m. Dense cirro-stratus, breaking up about 



4 





















( 0''. P.M. Sheets of woolly cirri. 



13 



29-577 



30-8 



29-6 



1-2 



0-3 



01 



19 





0-0 



Clear. 



4 



577 



30-3 



29-2 



1-1 



0-2 



01 



20 





0-0 



Id. 



5 



595 



29-1 



28-4 



0-7 



0-2 



0-1 



20 





0-0 



Id. 



6 



593 



27-6 



27-6 



... 



0-1 



0-0 



30 





0-5 



Cirro-strati and thin haze. 



7 



585 



29-6 



29-1 



0-5 



0-1 



01 



17 





7-0 



Id. 



8 



575 



29-9 



29-5 



0-4 



0-0 



00 



20 





6-0 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



9 



541 



33-2 



31-8 



1-4 



0-3 



0-2 



20 





30 



Cirri, radiating from SE. ; cir.-str. and cirrous haze- 



;0 



535 



35-2 



32-7 



2-5 



0-7 



0-3 



19 





9-5 



Id. ; id. ; clouds red to SE. 



1 



508 



35-6 



33-8 



1-8 



0-6 



0-5 



20 



— 



— 



28 



9-5 



As before ; patches of scud. 



2 



509 



37-2 



35-3 



1-9 



1-2 



0-5 



18 



20 



— 



28 



9-8 



Scud ; woolly cirri and cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. 



3 



483 



38-3 



36-4 



1-9 



1-1 



0-4 



18 



20 



: — 



28 



9-8 



Id. ; id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; id. 



30 



445 



39-6 



370 



2-6 



0-7 



11 



20 



21 



— 



— 



9-7 



Id. ; cir.-str. ; mass of cir.-str. ; sky looking wild. 



1 



392 



41-0 



38-1 



2-9 



2-2 



1-1 



20 



19 



— 



28 



9-0 



Id. ; thick wooUy cirri and cir.-str. ; sheets of cir.-str. Q 



2 



346 



39-4 



38-3 



11 



1-3 



0-7 



18 



20 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; mass of cirro-stratus ; rain^ 



3 



275 



40-4 



39-2 



1-2 



1-6 



1-5 



18 



20 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



14 



190 



41-3 



39-8 



1-5 



1-8 



0-9 



19 



20 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



!5 



143 



41-4 



40-4 



1-0 



2-2 



21 



18 



20 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; id. 



!6 



103 



45-8 



44-6 



1-3 



1-9 



20 



18 





100 



Id. 



17 



071 



48-2 



46-7 



1-5 



4-8 



1-7 



18 





100 



Id. 



8 



057 



49-9 



48-6 



1-3 



30 



2-7 



19 





8-0 



Stars indistinctly visible. 



,9 



054 



51-1 



49-4 



1-7 



3-1 



1-6 



20 





9-8 



Scud and cirro-stratus ; drops of rain. 







045 



50-4 



49-0 



1-4 



3-2 



2-1 



18 





8.5 



Id. ; id. 



1 



064 



510 



49-7 



1-3 



2-3 



1-3 



18 





100 



Id. ; rainO-2 



2 



075 



520 



500 



2-0 



1-8 



1-4 



20 





9-9 



Id. 



3 



29-067 



51-6 



49-9 



1-7 



1-6 



2-3 



20 





9-8 



Scud and cirro-stratus ; drops of rain. 



.4 



057 



51-3 



49-8 



1-5 



3-5 



20 



19 





10-0 



Id. ; rain^ 



'5 



053 



52-3 



51-2 



1-1 



3-6 



2-2 



18 





4-0 



Id. 



|6 



025 



51-3 



49-7 



1-6 



6-0 



3-0 



18 





5-0 



Id. ; stars dim. 



|7 



29006 



51-9 



49-8 



2-1 



3-5 



2-8 



19 





8-5 



Id. ; id. ; rain'*'^ 



:« 



28-998 



51-7 



48-5 



3-2 



3-1 



20 



19 





90 



Id. 



9 



973 



49-9 



48-6 



1-3 



3-4 



2-2 



20 





100 



Rain""^ ; a few stars occasionally visible. 



fo 



956 



49-4 



46-3 



31 



2-8 



2-5 



19 





3-0 



Scud and cirro-strati on horizon. 



fl 



960 



49-9 



47-1 



2-8 



4-8 



31 



20 



21 



— 



— 



9-0 



Cirro-stratous and loose scud ; cirrous haze. 



2 



937 



49-5 



45-6 



3-9 



4-7 



2-2 



20 



22 



— 



— 



8-0 



Scud; cirro-strati; rain^-^ 



3 



904 



49-0 



461 



2-9 



3-9 



3-4 



19 



23 



— • 



— 



30 



Scud and nimbi. 



30 ! 



900 



47-2 



45-3 



1-9 



4-2 



1-9 



19 



22 



— : 



— 



8-0 



Scud and loose nimbi ; passing showers. 



i \ 



885 



47-5 



46-7 



0-8 



3-7 



4-2 



19 



22: 



— : 



— 



9-8 



Scud ; cirro-strati and loose nimbi ; rain"-^ 



2 



886 



48-3 



45-7 



2-6 



3-7 



1-9 



20 



22 



— : 



— 



9-8 



Id. ; drops of rain. 



3 



893 



47-6 



45-5 



2-1 



1-4 



0-4 



19 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



4 



28-945 



48.0 



44-8 



3-2 



2-0 



6-5 



28 



28 : — : — 



100 



Thick scud ; rain^ 



5 



29-166 



42-2 



38-9 



3-3 



4-8 



0-8 



28 



28 : — : — 



7-0 



Scud ; cirro-strati ; cirro-cumulo-strati. J 



6 



269 



42-6 



39-7 



2-9 



1-3 



2-5 



28 





9-9 



Id. ; rain^ 



i? 



359 



38-8 



34-4 



4-4 



2-3 



1-8 



26 





2-5 



Id. 



8 



455 



37-7 



33-2 



4-5 



1-8 



20 



26 





2-5 



Id. 



9 



515 



360 



32-0 



4-0 



1-0 



0-2 



25 





1-0 



Scud on E. horizon. 







569 



35-6 



31-4 



4-2 



0-3 



0-2 







0-5 



Id. 



1 



617 



33-4 



30-3 



3-1 



0-2 



0-1 



19 





0-0 



Hazy on horizon. 



2 



630 



34-3 



30-7 



3-6 



0-5 



0-5 



21 





0-0 



Id. 



3 



29-643 



32-7 



30-2 



2-5 



0-5 



0-1 



21 





00 



Hazy on horizon. 



4 



645 



330 



30-7 



2-3 



0-3 



0-4 



18 





2-0 



Cirro-strati to E. and N. 



5 



618 



35-8 



32-7 3-1 1 



1-3 



0-9 



18 





2-0 



Id. 



?he direction of the wind is indicated by 



the number of the point of the coi 



npass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



Dtions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (sci 



id), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. (ciri 



•us), are indicated in a similar manner. 



:)ec. 27d 12i> 16n>. Barometer 28-879. 







:3ec. 30<i 4^. The wind commenced to b 



low violently at 4'= 0"", and changec 



its direction about the same time ; the barometer rising 



ridly. 

































