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Daily Meteoeological Observations, April 3 — 10, 1846. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds 





1 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



mum 

 e in 



10". 



Prom 



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



moving 



from 



d. h. 

 3 10 



29-259 



35-6 



33-2 



2-4 



lbs. 



0-2 



lbs. 



00 



pt. 

 28 



pt. pt. pt. 



0-10. 



2-0 



Scud and loose cumuli. 



18 



29-357 



30-5 



29-7 



0-8 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





10-0 



Dense mass of cirro-stratus ; cumuli on E. horizon. 



20 



366 



33-9 



32-0 



1-9 



00 



00 



16 





10-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. | 



22 



351 



40-0 



37-0 



3-0 



0-0 



0-0 



12 



— 



— 



20 



9-5 



Woolly and interlaced cirri : cumulo-strati to N. & E.f 



4 



319 



41-3 



380 



3-3 



00 



01 



6 



9 



12 



— 



9-5 



Scud in patches ; masses of scud ; cirri and cir. haze. 



2 

 4 



272 

 231 



41-1 

 39-2 



37-9 

 37-3 



3-2 

 19 



0-3 

 0-3 



0-3 



0-3 



5 



4 



8 

 6 



— 



— 



9-9 

 10-0 



Scud; nearly homogeneous cir.-str. ; slight shower iattlv 

 Id. ; cirro-stratus ; rain' 



6 



8 



216 

 189 



36-4 

 35-5 



35-4 

 35-0 



1-0 

 0-5 



1-0 

 0-6 



0-7 

 0-3 



5 

 5 



6 



— 



— 



100 

 10-0 



Id. ; dense homogeneous cirro-stratus ; drops of rain. 

 Densely overcast ; rain"'^ ; sleet occasionally. 



10 



178 



35-4 



34-5 



0-9 



0-1 



0-1 



4 





10-0 



Homogeneous cirrous haze. 



23^ 



29-135 



44-1 



39-4 



4-7 



1-2 



0-7 



6 



6 



— 



— 



10-0 



Scud and cum. ; cir. haze; solar halo throughout the da 



5 18 



28-962 



36-7 



35-7 



1-0 



1-2 



0-1 



4 



4 











100 



Scud and cirro-stratus. 



20 



29-069 



39-6 



37-6 



2-0 



0-1 



0-1 



3 



5 



— 



— 



9-8 



Scud ; cirro-cumuli. 



22 



069 



43-0 



38-3 



4-7 



1-2 



0-4 



4 



5 







— 



6-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; woolly and linear cirri. 



6 



070 



42-7 



38-5 



4-2 



10 



0-5 



4 



5 



— 



— 



9-8 



Scud ; cumuli and woolly cirri. [l^ 30" 



2 



078 



40-0 



39-4 



0-6 



2-7 



0-8 



2 



4 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; dense cirro-str. ; shower of rain and sleet aboii 



4 



088 



43-0 



39-4 



3-6 



2-7 



2-6 



4 



5 



— 



— 



10-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; dense mass of cirro-stratus. 



6 



100 



41-5 



37-1 



4-4 



3-3 



2-2 



2 



3 



— 



— 



9-9 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; cirrous mass 



8 



114 



39-7 



36-5 



3-2 



2-3 



1-0 



2 





40 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati and woolly cirri. 



10 



123 



39-2 



36-2 



3-0 



1-2 



0-6 



2 





8-0 



Id. ; id. 



18 



29-113 



37-5 



35-9 



1-6 



1-4 



0-9 



30 



3 : — : — 



8-0 



Scud ; cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati. 



20 



119 



39-2 



37-0 



2-2 



10 



0-9 







3 



— 







9-5 



Id. ; id. 



22 



117 



42-0 



38-3 



3-7 



2-3 



1-6 







2 







— 



100 



Id. ; cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



7 



118 



42-3 



38-8 



3-5 



23 



1-8 



1 



2 







— 



100 



Id. ; id. 



2 



128 



41-4 



39-6 



1-8 



2-4 



1-7 







2 



— 



— 



lO-O 



Id. ; id. ; rain"'^ 



4 



123 



43-7 



41-3 



2-4 



1-9 



1-4 







2 



— 



— 



10-0 



Scud. 



6 



131 



42-4 



40-8 



1-6 



1-3 



0-8 







2 







— 



10-0 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



8 



145 



41-7 



39-7 



2-0 



0-9 



0-5 



2 



2 



— 





100 



Id. ; id. 



10 



136 



40-2 



39-0 



1-2 



0-5 



0-3 



2 



2 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; cirrous mass ; lunar corona. 



18 



29- 128 



40-0 



39-5 



0-5 



0-5 



0-3 







6 



6 







100 



Dense mass of cirro-stratus and scud ; drizzling rain"' 



20 



151 



42-0 



41-4 



0-6 



0-3 



0-2 



3 



4 











10-0 



Loose scud ; drizzling rain"'- ' 



22 



169 



42-7 



42-0 



0-7 



0-3 



0-2 



5 



5 



— 







100 



Id. ; id. 



8 



188 



44-7 



42-0 



2-7 



0-7 



0-6 



5 



4 



— 







10-0 



Id. ; id. 



2 



215 



42-8 



41-8 



10 



0-8 



0-6 



4 



4 



— 







10-0 



Scud ; id. 



4 



237 



42-1 



40-1 



2-0 



0-9 



0-5 



4 



4 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; dense cirro-stratus. 



6 



280 



42-0 



40-2 



1-8 



0-2 



0-3 



4 



4 







— 



9-8 



Id. ; id. ; cirro-strati ; sky to E 



8 



297 



40-0 



38-7 



1-3 



0-2 



0-2 



5 



4 











100 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



10 



321 



39-7 



38-5 



1-2 



0-1 



0-0 



6 





10-0 



Id. 



18 



29-370 



29-7 



29-7 



0-0 



0-0 



0-0 







0-5 



Sheets of cirro-cumuli. 



20 



393 



35-5 



35-2 



0-3 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





0-3 



Id. -J 



22 



410 



41-6 



39-6 



2-0 



01 



01 



22 





0-8 



Cumuli, cirro-strati, and haze on horizon. i 



9 



413 



47-7 



42-7 



5-0 



0-1 



01 



24 



24 



— 







9-5 



Scud and cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



2 



409 



49-2 



43-2 



6-0 



01 



01 



23 



24 







— 



7-5 



Id. ; id. ; hazy on horizon. 



4 



401 



50-9 



44-3 



6-6 



0-1 



0-1 



24 



25 











8-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



6 



405 



47-2 



44-2 



3-0 



1-4 



0-1 



18 



24 











60 



Scud and cumuli ; cumulo-strati ; rain falling to E. 



8 



444 



43-4 



40-8 



2-6 



1-0 



01 



19 



24 



— 



— 



7-0 



Scud ; cumuli and cumulo-strati. 



10 



439 



40-2 



38-8 



1-4 



0-2 



0-1 



18 





2-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



18 



29-466 



37-0 



36-0 



1-0 



0-4 



0-1 



20 



26 : — : — 



5-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



20 



482 



41-4 



40-1 



1-3 



0-2 



01 



20 



— : 26 : — 



4-0 



Cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, and cirri. 



22 



488 



45-3 



41-7 



3-6 



0-2 



0-1 



23 





2-0 



Loose scud and cumuli, cumulo-strati, and cir. -strati.' 



10 



432 



48-9 



43-0 



5-9 



0-2 



0-1 



24 



24 



• — 







8-0 



Scud and cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



2 



490 



50-8 



46-2 



4-6 



0-2 



0-3 



17 



25 



— 







8-5 



Id. ; id. 



4 



473 



50-7 



45-8 



4-9 



0-5 



0-3 



18 



25 











9-5 



Cumuli and cirro-stratous scud. 



6 



459 



50-8 



45-4 



5-4 



0-6 



0-5 



17 



21 



— 



23 



3-5 



Loose cumuli ; woolly cir. ; piles of cumuli ; ciy.-gtr^ 



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

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



24. Th( 



