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Daily Meteorological Observations, January 31 — February 7, 1846. 361 





Thermometers. 



Wind 











il T,.„„ 











Clouds, 







t 



i 1 



e 



METER 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 Ih. 



mum 

 e in 

 lO-n. 



Prom 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



h 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





3 



29-390 



44-8 



40-5 



4-3 



3-1 



0-6 



23 



24 : — : — 



100 



Thick scud. 



6 



29-378 



39-5 



37-7 



1-8 



6-1 



01 



22 





30 



Cirro-strati. 



C. 



421 



37-5 



36-4 



11 



0-2 



01 



20 





6-0 



Id. and woolly cirri. 



2| 458 



40-4 



38-4 



20 



0-5 



0-7 



26 





4-0 



Cirri and cir.-str., generally lying N by E. to S by W. O 



()| 508 



44-3 



41-0 



3-3 



1-2 



0-3 



26 



28 



— 



— 



0-5 



Patches of cumuli and sheets of cirro-strati. Q 



2 510 



46-3 



42-2 



4-1 



0-9 



0-8 



23 



— 



28 



— 



4-0 



Cir.-str. and cir.-cum.-str. ; masses of cum. on hor. Q 



4 540 



45-8 



42-0 



3-8 



10 



0-3 



24 



24 



— 



— 



9-8 



Scud ; mass of cirro-strati. 



6 551 



44-9 



40-1 



4-8 



0-3 



0-2 



20 





9-9 



Dense cirro-stratus. 



8 562 



44-5 



41-2 



3-3 



0-4 0-3 



23 





100 



Id. 



565 



42-9 



40-6 



2-3 



0-4 



0-1 



18 





9-8 



Cirro-strati and cirro-cumulo-strati. 



8- 29-457 



45-9 



44-4 



1-5 



0-8 



01 



17 





100 



Scud and cirro-strati ; dark. 



422 



46-6 



45-0 



1-6 



0-5 



0-1 



28 



21 : — : — 



100 



Scud ; cirro-stratus. 



2 389 



48-1 



47-1 



1-0 



1-7 



0-4 



18 





100 



Dense homogeneous mass of clouds. 



323 



50-4 



48-3 



2-1 



1-1 



1-0 



18 



19- 



— 





9-9 



Scud. 



2 247 



50-7 



48-4 



2-3 



0-8 



0-5 



19 



20 



— : 



— 



100 



Id. 



4 138 



49-3 



46-3 



3-0 



3-4 



30 



19 



20. 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; mass of cirro-stratus. 



6 026 



48-4 



46-8 



1-6 



6-8 



3-3 



20 





10-0 



Scud ; rain*^'^ ; stormy. 



8 119 



44-8 



42-1 



2-7 



7-0 



11 



22 



25: — : — 



30 





206 



42-8 



39-3 



3-5 



2-3 



2-2 



21 





2-0 





8: 29-453 



35-6 



34-7 



0-9 



2-8 



0-8 



21 





100 



Scud ; rain^ 



472 



33-7 



33-5 



0-2 



0-8 



0-2 



21 





1-5 



Id. and cumuli on S. horizon ; snow on the ground. 



2 513 



36-0 



34-9 



1-1 



0-9 



11 



22 



24 : — : — 



1-0 



Loose scud. 



543 



39-6 



37-4 



2-2 



0-9 



1-2 



20 



— : 26 : 26 



1-0 



WooUy cirri and cirro-strati. Q 



2 547 



42-3 



38-6 



3-7 



1-8 



1-0 



21 





2-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirri and cirrous haze. O 



4 555 



41-8 



390 



2-8 



1-7 



1-4 



20 



23 : — : — 



8-0 



Scud ; cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



6 544 



41-6 



39-0 



2-6 



1-5 



1-0 



20 



23: — : — 



8-0 



Id. ; id. > 



8 550 



40-4 



38-8 



1-6 



10 



0-2 



21 





10-0 



Homogeneous cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. ^ 



543 



39-5 



37-4 



2-1 



0-9 



0-2 



21 





70 



Patches of scud ; cir. haze ; faint lunar halo and cor. ^ 



8 29-398 



40-4 



38-6 



1-8 



10 



0-2 



21 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



!0 383 



38-3 



37-0 



1-3 



0-8 



0-3 



20 



24 



— 



— 



6-0 



Cirro-stratous scud ; loose scud ; cir.-str. ; drops of rain. 



12 402 



40-6 



38-4 



2-2 



0-5 



0-2 



19 



25 



— 



— 



7-0 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



422 



43-2 



390 



4-2 



1-6 



0-9 



21 



24 



— 



26 



2-5 



Id. ; cirri. Q 



2 445 



43-3 



38-8 



4-5 



1-6 



0-3 



25 



25 



— 



— 



4-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; linear cirri. 



4 452 



43-2 



38-9 



4-3 



... 



0-5 





25 



— 



— 



7-0 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cumuli and linear cirri. © 



6 474 



39-0 



35-7 



3-3 



10 



0-2 



22 





10 



Cirro-strati on horizon ; scud and cumuli to W. }) 



8 499 



36-2 



34-3 



1-9 



0-8 



0-2 



17 





50 



Woolly and mottled cirri and cirro-strati. ^ 



492 



38-9 



35-8 



31 



0-5 



0-7 



22 





9-5 



Thin cir.-str. and woolly cirri ; portion of a lunar halo 



18 29-526 



35-7 



33-9 



1-8 



0-9 



0-2 



19 





0-5 



^1 J o 1 • [and corona. ¥ 

 Clouds on S. horizon. ■- ^ 



20: 547 



35-0 



33-5 



1-5 



0-4 



... 







4-0 



Loose scud ; cirri and cirro-strati ; hazy. 



22! 555 



36-3 



34-7 



1-6 



0-1 



01 



16 





100 



Cirro-stratus and cirrous haze ; patches of scud. 



Oj 563 



40-8 



38-7 



2-1 



0-9 



0-8 



18 





10-0 



Scud ; thick cirro-strati and cirro-cumulo-strati. 



2 501 



43-2 



40-7 



2-5 



1-0 



11 



19 



20 : - : — 



10-0 



Id. ; dense cirro-stratus and haze ; rain""^ 



4 418 



40-7 



.39-3 



1-4 



2-5 



2-4 



19 





100 



Loose scud ; id. ; rain*^'^ 



6| 364 



46- 1 



440 



21 



2-1 



0-9 



20 



23: — : — 



10-0 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



8i 331 

 lOl 295 



46-5 



44-5 



2-0 



1-8 



0-5 



20 





10-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 



46-3 



44-6 



1-7 



1-4 



1-5 



19 





100 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



18 29-105 



44-4 



40-4 



4-0 



7-6 



4-5 



20 





20 



Cloud on horizon. [showers ; wind in gusts. 



201 064 



43-0 



39-6 



3-4 



7-5 



5-9 



24 



•24 



— 



. — 



9-9 



Scud ; cum. and cir.-str. on S. and E. hor. ; frequent 



221 108 



430 



40-3 



2-7 



8-2 



3-3 



25 



24 



: — 



: — 



10-0 



Loose scud ; rain^^^ • ygpy stormy. 



0;i 156 



44 



41-1 



2-9 



5-7 



2-7 



26 



25 



: — 



: — 



100 



Scud ; the sky has been partially clear occasionally since 



2 



i 152 



45-4 



41-9 



3-5 



5-5 



2-2 



24 



26 



: — 



: 25 



4-0 



Scud ; woolly cirri. O [23'' ; drops of rain. 



4 



222 



45-3 



41-0 



4-3 



5-5 



4-0 



24 



— 



:25 



: — 



90 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati and cirrous haze. O 



6 



412 



40-0 



38-3 



1-7 



5-0 



1-5 



28 





10-0 



Nearly homogeneous ; cir.-str. and scud ; drops of rain. 



J 



522 



39-4 



37-2 



2-2 



0-9 



0-4 



28 



28 : — : — 



4-0 



Scud ; slight showers occasionally. ^ 



T 



direction of tlie wind is 



indicated by the n 



umber of the point of the coi 



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



lot 



IS of the three strata of cl 



ouds, Sc. (scud), C 



.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



F 



• 2* 5*. Dense cirro-stra 



tus moved up fron 



I about NW., in large regular 



waves, lying ENE. to WSW. 





*AG. ANI 



MET, ( 



)BS. 18 



46. 

















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