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Daily Meteorological Observations, April 17 — 24, 1846. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



17 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



18 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 

 23f 



19 18 

 20 

 22 



20 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



21 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



22 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



23 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



24 

 2 



Baro- 



METEE 



at 32°. 



in. 



29-714 

 730 

 740 



29-788 

 817 

 833 

 849 

 850 

 860 

 874 

 889 

 918 



30-022 



30-038 

 044 

 038 

 30-027 

 29-996 

 974 

 958 

 956 

 947 



29-882 

 880 

 865 

 841 

 828 

 800 

 807 

 837 

 822 



29-799 

 805 

 807 

 804 

 812 

 827 

 834 

 856 

 866 



29-8.34 

 824 

 826 

 815 

 786 

 765 

 741 

 735 

 728 



29-745 

 754 

 734 

 693 

 688 



Thekmometeks. 



Dry. 



46-2 

 45-6 

 45-3 



430 

 42-7 

 44-7 

 46-7 

 47-8 

 48-3 

 46-0 

 440 

 43-5 

 45-3 

 39-0 

 43-5 

 44-8 

 47-0 

 49-3 

 48-5 

 47-2 

 42-5 

 38-5 



33-6 

 37-7 

 41-2 

 47-0 

 45-6 

 46-5 

 43-3 

 41-3 

 39-0 



35-3 

 41-6 

 44-3 

 44-7 

 48-1 

 48-3 

 47-2 

 43-3 

 40-7 



41-3 

 43-0 

 45-2 

 44-2 



48-2 

 48-7 

 43-6 

 43-0 

 42-3 



43-6 

 44-0 

 43-0 

 45-2 

 45-3 



Wet. 



45-4 

 451 



44-8 



42-5 

 41-9 

 42-2 

 43-2 

 44-4 

 44-8 

 43-4 

 42-3 

 42-2 

 41-6 

 37-8 

 42-3 

 42-2 

 420 

 44-3 

 43-0 

 42-2 

 40-3 

 37-8 



33-4 

 370 

 39-7 

 43-6 

 43-2 

 42-7 

 42-2 

 39-2 

 37-9 



35-0 

 40-6 

 42-0 

 43-7 

 44-0 

 44-3 

 42-8 

 40-3 

 39-2 



39-1 

 40-5 

 41-7 

 42-0 



44-7 

 44-7 

 42-7 

 42-0 

 41-7 



430 

 42-6 

 41-7 

 44-1 

 43-8 



Diff. 



0-8 

 0-5 

 0-5 



0-5 

 0-8 

 2-5 

 3-5 

 3-4 

 3-5 

 2-6 

 1-7 

 1-3 



3-7 

 12 

 1-2 

 2-6 

 5-0 

 5-0 

 5-5 

 50 

 2-2 

 0-7 



0-2 

 0-7 

 1-5 

 3-4 

 2-4 

 3-8 

 1-1 

 2-1 

 1-1 



0-3 

 1-0 

 2-3 

 1-0 

 4-1 

 40 

 4-4 

 30 

 1-5 



2-2 

 2-5 

 3-5 

 2-2 

 3-5 

 4-0 

 0-9 

 1-0 

 0-6 



0-6 

 1-4 

 1-3 

 1-1 

 1-5 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 1^. ,10-=. 



From 



lbs. 



00 

 0-0 

 00 



0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 02 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 0-0 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-6 

 1-1 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-1 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-1 

 0-1 



00 

 00 

 0-4 

 0-8 

 1-9 

 1-9 

 1-3 

 1-3 

 0-3 



0-5 

 1-7 

 2-2 

 2-7 

 2-2 

 2-2 

 2-6 

 1-6 

 0-9 



1-1 

 0-7 

 1-3 

 1-4 

 1-2 



lbs. 



0-0 

 00 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 00 

 0-1 



00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 

 01 



0-0 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 1-0 

 1-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 



0-1 

 21 

 1-7 

 1-7 

 1-6 

 2-3 

 0-4 

 0-8 

 0-6 



0-1 

 0-8 

 0-9 

 1-1 

 0-7 



pt. 







31 



30 



4 

 3 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 



12 



4 

 17 



2 

 22 



5 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 

 0: — : — 



6: — 

 8: 16 



Sky 

 clouded 



0—10. 



10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 



10-0 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 



9-8 

 4-0 

 4-5 

 7-0 

 7-5 

 2-5 

 1-0 

 1-0 

 0-5 



10-0 

 100 

 3-0 

 8-5 

 9-0 

 7-0 

 9-5 

 9-5 

 2-5 



9-7 

 100 

 100 

 9-8 

 9-8 

 6-5 

 30 

 3-0 

 2-5 



9-5 



4-0 



9-0 



10-0 



100 



9-9 



9-5 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Thick scud ; rain"'- ; misty. 

 Scotch mist ; object invisible at 1 

 Id. ; rain^ 



Misty scud ; rain**'^ 



mile. 



Scud 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



cirro-stratus. 



id. 



id. 



id. 



id. 



id. 



id. 

 dark. 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-stratus. 



Scud. 



Scud and cumuli ; patches of woolly cirri. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Cumuli. 



Id. on horizon. 

 Sheets of cirro-strati. 

 Cirro-strati on W. and NW. horizon. 



Fog, objects invisible at 200 yards. 

 Id., id. half-a-mUe. 



Thin scud ; woolly cirri, cumuli, and cumulo-strati. I 



Id. ; loose cumuli, cirro-strati, and cirri. 



Scud, cumuli, nimbi, cirro-strati, and wooUy cirri, 

 Scud and cumuli ; cirro-strati ; showers occasionally I 



Scud ; thick woolly cirri, cir.-str.. and cirri ; hea>-y shower of hail and rain al 



Cir.-cum.-str. ; cirro-stratus, haze, and cum. ; thick s( 

 Scud and cirro-strati on horizon. [lying on Chev 



Scud ; cirro-strati and woolly cirri. 



Id. ; drops of raia. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; shower- ; heavy shower of hail at 23'". 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; occasional showers. 

 Scud and cumuli. 



Xoose scud ; cir.-cum.-str., cir.-str., and wooUy cirri) 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; id. 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Id. ; id. ; cumulo-strati. 



Id. ; dense mass of cirro-stratus. 



Id. ; cirro-stratus ; woolly cirri. 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



Thin scud ; large cir.-cum.-str. ; cir.-str 



Scud ; cirro-stratus ; rain'-^'^ 

 Id. 



Homogeneous scud and cirro-stratus ; a tendency i! 



Scud; rainO--5 [Jrizzl<^ 



Id. ; id. I 



Id.; rainO-2 . I 



Id. ; drifting rain"'^ 



heavy shower of rain 

 [hail at 5t" 



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

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



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