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Daily Meteorological Observations, March 20 — 27, 1846. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



20 22 



21 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



23| 



22 7 



18 

 20 

 22 



23 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



24 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



25 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



26 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



27 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 





Thermometers. 



Baro- 

 meter 











at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



in. 



29042 



34-3 



31-5 



2-8 



28-950 



34-8 



34-3 



0-5 



882 



35-0 



33-4 



1-6 



818 



35-8 



.34-8 



1-0 



776 



371 



35-2 



1-9 



785 



35-2 



34-4 



0-8 



759 



33-4 



32-9 



0-5 



28-684 



42-5 



40-8 



1-7 



776 



... 



... 



... 



28-786 



31-0 



32-0 





788 



35-8 



32-7 



3-1 



800 



39-7 



37-3 



2-4 



806 



44-8 



41-1 



3-7 



813 



420 



39-3 



2-7 



820 



41-7 



39-2 



2-5 



838 



42-0 



39-8 



2-2 



875 



39-1 



38-1 



1-0 



892 



386 



38-0 



0-6 



28-949 



35-2 



350 



0-2 



956 



38-6 



38-1 



0-5 



975 



42-8 



41-1 



1-7 



983 



50-3 



46-4 



3-9 



983 



49-4 



45-2 



4-2 



976 



46-5 



42-8 



3-7 



983 



45-8 



42-7 



3-1 



28-998 



39-0 



38-2 



0-8 



29-003 



37-0 



36-5 



0-5 



29-001 



32-5 



32-2 



0-3 



027 



34-2 



34-0 



0-2 



033 



42-8 



41-0 



1-8 



052 



45-5 



43-7 



1-8 



043 



46-3 



42-3 



4-0 



041 



47-7 



43-4 



4-3 



043 



48-6 



43-6 



5-0 



072 



40-7 



391 



1-6 



096 



34-8 



34-2 



0-6 



29-185 



32-6 



32-2 



0-4 



222 



35-0 



34-7 



0-3 



254 



41-9 



40-1 



1-8 



282 



44-7 



41-5 



3-2 



298 



46-7 



43-7 



3-0 



314 



46-0 



42-0 



4-0 



312 



44-7 



41-8 



2-9 



335 



41-4 



39-4 



20 



354 



37-9 



36-1 



1-8 



29-388 



39-2 



37-2 



2-0 



445 



40-7 



38-8 



1-9 



396 



44-3 



40-6 



3-7 



388 



47-3 



42-2 



5-1 



359 



47-8 



41-6 



6-2 



365 



43-0 



39-7 



3-3 



348 



46-2 



41-2 



5-0 



359 



41-4 



38-5 



2-9 



365 



38-9 



36-9 



2-0 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 



111. lOm. 



lbs. 



3-8 

 4-4 

 3-8 

 6-2 

 2-8 

 1-4 

 0-3 



1-7 



1-5 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-1 



01 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 



0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 1-4 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-1 



lbs. 



3-6 

 3-1 

 1-3 

 1-3 

 2-1 

 01 

 0-0 



0-8 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 



0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 



00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 01 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-1 



From 



pt. 

 16 

 16t 

 16 

 17 

 16 

 20 

 18 



17 



18 

 18 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 14 

 16 

 15 

 20 



14 

 20 

 23 

 14 

 16 

 18 

 18 



20 



11 

 18 

 17 



18 

 18 

 16 



20 



18 

 18 

 24 

 26 

 16 

 21 

 18 

 18 

 22 



22 

 20 

 21 

 24 

 20 

 25 

 24 

 21 

 18 



Clouds, 





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



Sky 



moving 



clouded. 



from 





pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





9-8 





10-0 





10-0 



17 : — : — 



10-0 





3-0 



20 : — : — 



9-8 





0-0 



18: 18: — 



100 



— :— : 18 



4-0 





7-0 



— 



:20 



: — 



7-5 



16 



: — 



: — 



5-0 



18 



: — 



: — 



10-0 





100 



18: — : — 



10-0 





9-7 





9-7 



— : 20 : — 



9-8 





7-5 



19: 18 



— 



9-0 



15: 16 



— 



9-5 



15: 16 



— 



9-0 



16: — 







9-5 



20: — 



— 



9-8 





7-0 





5-0 



— : 21 : — 



5-0 



— 



20 



— 



7-5 



20 



— 







50 



20 



— 



— 



10-9 



20 



20 



— 



5-0 



21 



— 



— 



7-5 



24 



— 



— 



6-0 





7-0 





2-0 





9-8 



— 











10-0 







— 



— 



9-8 



29 



— 







5-5 



30 



— 



— . 



8-0 



— 



24 



— 



9-0 



— 



28 







9-0 





2-5 





1-0 



25 : — : — 



9-9 



24 



25 



25 



9-8 



27 



— 







9-9 



26 



— 



— 



9-8 



25 



— 



— 



90 



26 



23 



— 



9-2 



26 



25 



— 



30 



26 



— 



— 



5-0 

 4-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. 

 Snow^ 



Id. 

 Scud ; mass of cirro-stratus. i 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



Scud ; several showers of rain since last observation. 

 Clear. 



Scud ; woolly cirro-strati ; showers occasionally. 



Woolly cirri ; cir.-str. and haze ; scud on Cheviot. 

 Woolly cirri and cirro-stratus ; cirro-strati. ( 



Woolly cirro-strati. 



Loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. ( 



Scud ; thick cirro-stratus, 

 id. 

 dense cirro-stratus ; shower'*'' 

 id. ; id. 



Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 



Cirro-stratous scud and cirro-strati. 



Woolly cirri and cirro-strati. 



Scud ; woolly cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. e 



Id. ; cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 1 



Scud ; nimbi ; loose cum. and cir.-str. ; raining to SW.;1 



Scud and loose cumuli. [showers around. 



Scud and cirro-stratus. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; mist in the vallejB, 



Id. ; id. 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; drops of rain. 

 Loose scud ; thick scud and cir.-str.; occasional showers. 

 Scud and loose cum.; sheets of cir.-str. and wo. cirri.d 

 Scud and loose cum. ; nimbi ; cir.-str. ; wooUy cirri. 

 Heavy cumuli and scud. Q 



Thick woolly cir.-str. rad. from N by W., with the radii curved to- 



Scud and cirro-strati. l'^'^''^^ ^^'^ ^- 5 P»^'''«« »' *™^- 



Dense mass of cirro-strati ; hoar-frost on the ground.- 

 Scud ; mass of cirro-stratus. 

 Masses of loose curaulous scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Loose cumuli ; cir.-cum.-str. ; cum.-str. on horizon. ( 

 Scud, loose cumuli, and cirro-stratous scud. ( 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cumuli and cirro-strati. 



Id. ; hazy. 



Cumulo-strati to S. 

 Cirro-stratus and haze on horizon. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; woolly cirri and cirro-cumulo strati. 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 

 Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. 

 Heavy cumuli ; nimbi ; partial showers to N. 9 



Scud and nimbi; cir.-cuni.-str. : cum.-str. on hor,; heavy shower of liail lately. 



Loose cum. ; cum.-str. ; nimbi to E. ; sheets of cir.-str. G 

 Scud and sheets of cirro-strati. 

 Id. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. z= 0, E. := 8, S. =: 16, W. = 24. The 

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

 March 21* IQii. Observation made at lOi^ 10"^ 

 March 26<i IC^. Observation made at IQi" 5™. 



