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Daily Meteorological Observations, 



February 7— U, 1846. ; 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 









■ 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 









Clouds 



Sc.:C.-s.-. 



movin 



from 



'Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 Ih. 



mum 



i in 

 10". 



From 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 















lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0-10. 





7 10 



29-588 



36-0 



34-0 



2-0 



11 



0-0 



20 





2-5 



Cirro-strati. | 



23 



29719 ; 



36-0 



32-0 



4-0 



2-2 



1-2 



28 





0-5 



A few cirro-strati on horizon. 



8 18 



30022 



35-6 



34-0 



1-6 



3-1 



0-6 



31 





9-9 



Scud. J 



20 



039 



34-5 



32-6 



1-9 



0-7 



1-0 



31 



2: — : 



— 2-5 



Id. ; cumuli on horizon ; nimbi on E. horizon. 



22 



076 



36-0 



33-0 



30 



20 



1-0 



30 



— : 0: 



— 9-5 



Cirro-stratous scud ; shower of snow to E. ? 



9 



105 



37-0 



33-8 



3-2 



2-3 



1-3 



31 



— : 0: 



— 100 



Id. ; heavy shower of snow about 22'" 4(r 



2 



110 



33-6 



32-7 



0-9 



1-7 



0-7 









8-0 



Snowing heavily since 1*", just ceasing, clouds cleari: 



4 



121 



35-0 



33-5 



1-5 



2-5 



1-6 



1 





10-0 



Scud; hail. [off from )» 



6 



132 



33-2 



32-6 



0-6 



2-6 



0-4 



31 





30 



Scud, nimbi, cum., and cir.-str.; snowing hea vily till 5'. • 



8 



163 



31-8 



31-0 



0-8 



1-0 



01 



30 



2: — : 



— 20 



Scud and loose cumuli ; snow about 7"". 



10 



186 



29-3 



28-6 



0-7 



0-1 



0-0 



4 





2-0 



Id. 



18 



30-238 



26-3 



26-3 



... 



0-0 



0-0 



24 





40 



Scud and cir.-cum. -strati ; occasionally a few flakes ot 



20 



254 



25-8 



25-6 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



24 





10-0 



Homogeneous ; slight snow. [shob 



22 



268 



29-2 



29-4 





0-0 



0-0 







9-8 



Id. ; fog to N., objects invisible at ^ a-mile dis 



10 



268 



35-0 



32-7 



2-3 



0-0 



00 



22 





9-8 



Cir.-str. and cir. ; foggy. [tance ; snow 4| in. deep. 



2 



235 



35-3 



34-0 



1-3 



0-0 



00 







9-8 



Woolly cirri, cirro-strati, and cirrous haze. 



4 



204 



34-0 



32-7 



1-3 



01 



0-0 







100 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



6 



172 



30-4 



29-2 



1-2 



0-1 



0-0 



18 





100 



Id. 



8 



122 



33-0 



31-3 



1-7 



01 



0-1 



20 





10-0 



Homogeneous mass. 



10 



090 



33.7 



31-8 



1-9 



0-5 



0-2 



24 





7-0 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze ; lunar corona. 



18 



29-893 



37-5 



35-6 



1-9 



1-5 



0-2 



24 





2-5 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



20 



876 



37-2 



35-7 



1-5 



01 



0-0 



20 



30: — : 



— 50 



Id. ; id. [and cum.-strati on E. Ic 



22 



887 



40-0 



37-4 



2-6 



0-3 



0-2 



28 





9-0 



Dense mass of cirro-str. ; streaks of cirri to E. ; cir.-st 



11 



896 



41-5 



38-7 



2-8 



0-4 



0-3 



28 



— : — : 



29 8-5 



Woolly cirri ; cir.-str. and cir. haze ; a few patches 



2 



896 



43-8 



40-0 



3.8 



0-5 



01 



25 





9-5 



Thick mass of cirro-stratus. 9 [scud on hor. 



4 



888 



42-1 



38-7 



3.4 



0-1 



0-0 



24 



; 



1 10-0 



WooUy cirri and cirro-strati. 



6 



886 



37-9 



35-6 



2-3 



0-0 



0-0 



26 



— : 



— 1 6-0 



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



8 



882 



40-0 



37-3 



2-7 



0-1 



0-1 



21 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



10 



884 



39-8 



38-1 



1-7 



0-0 



0-0 



20 





10-0 



Thick mass of cirro-stratus. 



18 



29901 



35-2 



34-6 



0-6 



01 



0-0 



24 





2-0 



Cirro-strati and cirri. 



20 



896 



30-3 



30-0 



0-3 



00 



0-0 



16 





3-0 



Haze and cirro-strati. 



22 



914 



36-8 



35-8 



10 



0-1 



0-1 



22 



— : 



— 9-8 



Cir.-cum .-str. and thick woolly cir. ; cir.-str. ; haze. 



12 



926 



41-3 



390 



2-3 



0-2 



0-2 



21 





2-0 



Cirro-strati, woolly cirri, and cirrous haze. 



2 



930 



45-5 



42-0 



3-5 



0-2 



0-1 



19 





3-0 



Id. ; cumuli. 



4 



891 



46-9 



42-6 



4-3 



0-2 



0-1 



24 





50 



Woolly cirri and cirrous haze ; cumuli. 



6 



884 



43-7 



40-4 



3-3 



0-2 



0-1 



20 



25: — 



— 6-5 



Scud and loose cum. ; cir.-str., woolly cirri, and cirr( 



8 



880 



42-3 



39-8 



2-5 



0-1 



0-1 



20 





10-0 



Mass of cirro-stratus. [haze ; clouds tinged r 



10 



873 



40-9 



38-8 



21 



0-1 



0-1 



26 





10-0 



Large cirro-cumulo-strati. 



18 



29-843 



360 



34-6 



1-4 



0-1 



0-0 



22 





0-5 



Patches of cirro-stratus. 



20 



858 



36-1 



34-6 



1-5 



0-2 



0.0 



24 



31:- 



- 70 



Scud ; patches of cirro-strati and streaks of cirri. 



22 



863 



39-3 



37-7 



1-6 



0-2 



0-1 



21 





30 



Cirri ; cirro-strati ; patches of scud. i' 



13 



874 



43-7 



41-5 



2-2 



0-8 



0-2 



24 





2-0 



Scud, cirro-strati, and haze on horizon. l 



2 



869 



47-3 



43-3 



4-0 



0-3 



0-1 



24 



29: — 



— 3-0 



Loose cumuli and cumulo-strati ; cirro-str. and hazd 



4 



865 



47-0 



43-2 



3-8 



0-3 



0-4 



26 



28: — 



— 30 



Id. ; bands of cir.-str. to NE. ; loose sci 



6 



861 



44-1 



40-6 



3.5 



0-3 



0-1 



26 





20 



As before ; clouds tinged red. [cirrous hu) 



8 



863 



40-6 



38-2 



2-4 



0-2 



0-1 



26 





1-0 



Cirro-strati to NE. 



10 



850 



40-8 



38-6 



2-2 



0-2 



0-2 



25 





3-5 



Woolly cirri and cirrous haze. 



18 



29-850 



41-2 



38-3 



2-9 



0-4 



0-2 



28 





10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



20 



864 



41-0 



38-6 



2-4 



0-2 



00 



24 



— :30 



— 100 



Id. 



22 



897 



43-2 



39-5 



3-7 



0-1 



0-2 



27 



— :31 



:— 9-9 



Id. 



14 



928 



45-3 



41-6 



3-7 



0-3 



01 



29 



— : 



:— 10-0 



Id. 1 



2 



957 



<'5-7 



41-3 



4-4 



0-4 



0-1 



28 



— : 



:— 9-9 



Id. ; bands of cir.-str. to NE. ; cum. to 1 



4 



958 



45-5 



41-7 



3-8 



0-1 



0-0 



24 



— :31 



— 8-0 



Cirro-cumuli. [haze on ]!• 



6 



978 



43-5 



40-4 



3-1 



0-1 



0-0 



22 



— :31 



:— 9-9 



Id. 



Th 



3 direction 



of the wind is indicated by the 1 



aumbe 



r of the ] 



joint of the co 



mpass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. 1 



motio 



ns of the t 



hree strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C 



^-s. (c 



irro-stratu 



s), and Ci. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Fel 



). 91 181^. 



Observation made at IS"^ 9". 











Pel 



). 13<i 18". 



Observation made at 181" 6™. 









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