



Daily Meteorological Observations, March 14 — 20, 1846. 367 





11 



Thermometers. 



Wind 













Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 













Cloud 



Sc.:C.-s. 



movin 



from 



3, 



: Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Max] 

 fore 



mum 

 e in 

 10". 



From 





in. 



o .' 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





( 



29-510 



52-0 



47.0 



50 



4-1 



2-0 



24 



25 



— 



— 9-7 



Scud and loose cumuli ; woolly cirri and cirro-strati. 





565 



51-1 



45-6 



5-5 



3-0 



0-8 



22 



25 



26 



26 8-5 



Id. ; id. 





568 



49-8 



43-4 



6-4 



3-1 



2-6 



23 



25 



25 



25 60 



Id. ; woolly cirri ; cirro-strati ; cum. 



( 



593 



46-2 



41-2 



50 



31 



0-5 



25 



25 



— 



— 2-5 



Masses of scud and loose cum. ; woolly and mottled cirri. 





628 



430 



38-4 



4-6 



1-3 



1-2 



20 





3-5 



Scud and cirro-strati. ^ 



,1 



625 



42-8 



39-4 



3-4 



0-9 



0-3 



22 





9-8 



Cirro-strati and cirro-cumuli. 



■a 



29-676 



45-5 



40-9 



4-6 



1-6 



01 



28 



26 



28 



— 9-0 



f Masses of scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; 

 I milky cirrous haze ; causing a solar halo. 



11 



28-923 



47-0 



45-2 



1-8 



4-1 



2-0 



19 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud and cirro-strati ; rain'''^ 



21 



814 



47-0 



45-8 



1-2 



3-7 



3-2 



19 



21 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud ; mass of cirro-stratus ; rain^ 



2' 



' 783 



43-6 



42-1 



1-5 



3-8 



2-0 



22 



22 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



1 



745 



46-2 



41-1 



5-1 



3-5 



1-5 



20 



22 



— 



— 9-5 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati and cirrous haze. O 



: 



692 



40-6 



37-6 



3-0 



5-5 



4-8 



21 



22 



— 



— 9-5 



Id. ; rainO-2 





591 



450 



39-6 



5-4 



3-8 



5-2 



20 



22 



— 



— 4-0 



Id. ; nimbi on hor. ; rain or haU to W. and N. 



I 



, 535 



38-7 



36-6 



21 



7-8 



40 



19 



21 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud and nimbi ; rain""^ and sleet. 



; 



492 



39-2 



36-2 



3-0 



7-4 



2-8 



19 



23 



— 



— 1-0 



Scud. 



11 



533 



39-8 



35-5 



4-3 



7-0 



3-4 



26 





9-8 



Id. ; aurora seen through clouds. 



1 



28-974 



33-2 



29-5 



3-7 



4-2 



1-2 



24 





1-0 



Bank of scud on E. horizon. ]) 



2 



29-050 



32-4 



28-7 



3-7 



1-6 



0-2 



26 





2-0 



Scud and cumuli on horizon ; woolly cirri ; haze. O 



2 



118 



35-0 



30-1 



4-9 



0-4 



0-0 



22 



— :24 



— 7-5 



Cir.-str. and cir. haze ; patches of scud ; cum. on E. hor. 





144 



35-5 



30-6 



4-9 



0-8 



0-6 



22 





8-0 



Scud & loose cum. to N. ; cir.-str. & cir. haze ; sky to N. 





] 150 



36-5 



30-6 



5-9 



0-5 



0-3 



25 



26 



24 



— 6-0 



Cum. ; cir.-str. and woolly cirri ; iU-defined solar halo. 





153 



38-4 



31-7 



6-7 



21 



1-2 



26 



27 



— 



— 6-0 



Scud and cumuli ; cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. 





168 



36-2 



31-2 



5-0 



1-7 



1-3 



25 



26 



— 



— 1-5 



Id. 





195 



34-8 



32-0 



2-8 



2-5 



0-7 



28 





10-0 



Thick scud ; a few flakes of snow. [tion.^ 



1 



237 



32-4 



31-9 



0-5 



1-6 



0-1 



28 





100 



Dark ; fine hail and snow occasionally since last observa- 



1 



29-306 



31-8 



31-2 



0-6 



0-2 



0-1 



2 





10-0 



Homogeneous mass ; snow 4J inches deep. 



2 



343 



300 



30-4 



... 



0-1 



0-1 



3 





10-0 



Id. ; snow^ 



2 



383 



31-4 



30-0 



1-4 



0-5 



0-3 









10-0 



Id. ; snow"'^ ceased in a few minutes. 





404 



330 



31-7 



1-3 



0-6 



0-2 









10-0 



Cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. 





406 



33-0 



31-7 



1-3 



0-7 



0-4 









10-0 



Id. 





413 



31-6 



29-7 



1-9 



0-5 



0-1 



30 





10-0 



Id. ; snow^ 





1 419 



31-5 



29-9 



1-6 



0-6 



01 









10-0 



Id. 





422 



26-6 



25-7 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 



26 





90 



Id. ; sky on W. horizon. 



1, 



427 



25-0 



24-4 



0-6 



00 



0-0 



20 





3-0 



Id. 



I 



29-434 



12-2 



12-3 



... 



0-0 



0-0 







1-0 



Cir.-str. and cirri on E. horizon ; mist above Tweed. ]) 



2 



443 



9-3 



10-0 



... 



0-0 



0-0 







1-5 



Cum., cirri, cir.-str., and haze on E. hor. ; stratus in the 



2 



449 



17-0 



17-0 



... 



0-0 



0-0 







0-3 



Patches of cumuli on NE. horizon.© [valleys.© 



1 



446 



26-3 



24-0 



2-3 



0-0 



00 



26 





0-5 



Hazy on horizon ; streaks of cirro-stratus to E. © 





430 



31-4 



28-5 



2-9 



0-0 



0-0 









0-5 



Loose cumuli and cirro-strati on E. horizon. © 





436 



32-3 



29-2 



3-1 



00 



00 



2 





0-8 



Cumulo-strati and haze on E. horizon. © 





440 



31-3 



28-9 



2-4 



0-1 



0-0 



30 



2: — 



_ 2-5 



Patches ofscud and cum.; cum.-str. on E. and N. hor.© 





440 



27-8 



26-2 



1-6 



00 



00 







8-5 



Scud, loose cumuli, and cirro-stratous scud. 



1 



441 



26-5 



25-6 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 



24 





10-0 



Light snow commencing. 



^ 



29-452 



26-3 



25-8 



0-5 



0-2 



01 



26 



5: — 



— 9-8 



Scud ; cirro-strati. ^ 



i 



466 



25-5 



24-2 



1-3 



0-2 



01 



28 



— : — 



4 7-0 



Woolly cirri ; cum.-str. and cir.-str. on horizon. 



cl 



474 



29-5 



27-6 



1-9 



0-9 



0-3 



28 





0-8 



Cirro-strati towards horizon. © 



, 



477 



33-9 



31-2 



2-7 



0-5 



0-3 



30 





1-0 



Id. © 





491 



36-4 



33-6 



2-8 



0-9 



0-3 



30 





2-0 



Id. © 





504 



36-7 



34-6 



21 



0-4 



0-1 



2 





20 



Id. © 



? 



509 



350 



31-6 



3-4 



0-1 



0-0 



2 





0-8 



A few masses of loose cumuli and scud. © 





508 



25-7 



25-0 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 



17 





0-2 



Haze round horizon. 



1 



489 



23-6 



22-9 



0-7 



00 



00 



18 





00 



Id. 





29-236 



30-7 



290 



1-7 



1-2 



0-4 



18 





! 10-0 



Dense mass of cirro-stratus. 



1 



143 



32-8 



30-2 



2-6 



2-7 



1-5 



16 





100 



Nearly homogeneous. 



r 



he direction ( 



rf the w 



and is i 



ndicat 



ed by the n 



umber 



of the po 



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



nions of the th 



ree stra 



ta of cl( 



juds, S 



>c. (scud), C 



-s. (ci 



rro-stratus 



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



[arch 16<i 2''. 



Heavj 



showe 



rs of h 



ail since l'^ 



30"; 



rain"'^ at 



jresent, with occasional flakes of snow. 



[arch 17" 22'' 



. Anei 



nomete 



r vane 



found froze 



n. 







