



Daily Meteorological Observations, 



April 24— May 1, 1846. 373 





Baro- 

 meter 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Cloud 



s, 





tt. 

 m 









Maximum 





Sc. : C.-s 

 movir 



Ci., Sky 

 Iff clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



le. 

 h. 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



tore 

 It. 



e in 



Prom 



from 







in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





5 4 



29-674 



46-0 



45-3 



0-7 



1-8 



0-7 



6 



6 



— 



:— 10-0 



Scud ; drizzling rain'*'^ 



j6 



688 



45-4 



43-8 



1-6 



1-2 



0-5 



6 



6 



12 



8 10-0 



Id. ; cumulous scud ; woolly cirri ; drizzling rain"'^ 



'8 



728 



45-3 



44-3 



1-0 



0-6 



0-1 



6 



9 



8 



— 9-8 



Thici scud ; cirro-strati and cirro-cumulo-strati. 







772 



44-0 



43-0 



1-0 



0-2 



0-1 



5 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus. 



8 



29-776 



43-0 



42-8 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Homogeneous mass of clouds ; misty. 



!0 



791 



45-0 



44-2 



0-8 



0-0 



0-0 



4 



4 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



!2 



801 



48-7 



46-3 



2-4 



0-0 



0-0 



31 



8 



11 



— 8-0 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cumulo-strati. [lately. 



EO 



796 



51-0 



47-0 



4-0 



0-1 



0-1 



5 



5 



8 



— 9-8 



Loose scud ; loose cum. ; cir.-cum.-str, ; drops of rain 



2 



792 



51-0 



47-6 



3-4 



0-5 



0-3 



3 



4 



8 



— 9.5 



Scud and loose cumuli ; id. 



4 



779 



50-1 



46-0 



4-1 



0-6 



0-1 



2 



6 



8 



— 7-0 



Scud ; loose cumuli. © 



,6 



767 



49-4 



45-8 



3-6 



0-2 



0-2 



2 



2 



— 



— 9-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



Is 



773 



45-8 



43-3 



2-5 



0-7 



0-2 



2 



2 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. 







776 



44-2 



43-3 



0-9 



0-7 



0-7 



1 





10-0 



Id. ; dark ; rain''''^ 



:3| 



29-692 



40-5 



37-4 



3-1 



3-7 



2-7 



1 



3: 3 



— 7-0 



/ Cumuli and cirro-strati ; occasional showers of rain, hail, and 

 I snow throughout the day. 



68 



29-676 



35-6 



33-3 



2-3 



4-5 



0-1 



28 



— : 



— 7-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cumuli on horizon. 







685 



39-6 



35-7 



3-9 



1-8 



0-9 



29 



— : 



— 4-0 



Id. ; id. O 



2 



695 



42-5 



36-8 



5-7 



1-5 



0-7 



29 



0: 



— 9-5 



Scud and cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



70 



682 



45-0 



38-4 



6-6 



1-2 



0-4 



28 



31 :31 



— 9-8 



Id. ; id. 



2 



680 



45-3 



39-3 



6-0 



0-7 



0-3 



27 



— :29 



— 10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



4 



656 



46-6 



40-2 



6-4 



0-3 



0-1 



24 



29: 29 



— 100 



Thick scud and cirro-strati. 



6 



643 



45-6 



39-8 



5-8 



0-0 



0-0 



22 



29:29 



— 9-8 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



8 



633 



42-7 



39-4 



3-3 



0-1 



0-0 



23 



— :28 



— 9-5 



Wavy cir.-str. and cir. -cum. ; clouds tinged red to W. 







634 



40-0 



38-4 



1-6 



0-0 



0-0 



20 





8-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



8 



29-653 



36-0 



351 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 





0: 



— 9-5 



Thick cir.-str. and scud ; a slight shower of rain and 



10 



!2 



672 



40-8 



38-5 



2-3 



0-0 



0-0 







28 



— 



— 9-5 



Cirro-stratous scud. [hail lately. 



693 



46-2 



40-2 



6-0 



0-1 



0-0 







30 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. ; cumuli on N. and E. horizon. 



^0 



711 



45-4 



39-3 



6-1 



0-2 



0-1 



30 



30 



30 



— 9-6 



Scud and cirro-cumulo-strati ; cum. ; rain falling to S. 



l2 



736 



46-3 



39-0 



7-3 



1-1 



0-3 



30 



30 



30 



— 9-5 



Id. ; id. ; cumulo-strati. 



i 



750 



46-5 



39-4 



7-1 



0-8 



0-9 







30 



— 



— 6-0 



Scud and ciun. ; occasionally a few drops of rain and hail. 



6 



782 



46-3 



40-3 



6-0 



0-8 



0-2 









0-7 



Cumulo-strati and cirro-strati round horizon. Q 



8 



821 



42-2 



37-7 



4-5 



0-3 



0-1 



4 



29:29 



— 0-8 



Scud and cirro-cumulo-strati. 



,0 



848 



33-2 



32-2 



1-0 



0-0 



0-0 



20 





0-2 



Cirro-strati on N. horizon. J) 



8 



29-885 



33-4 



32-7 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





0-7 



Sheets of woolly cirri and cirro-cumulo-strati. Q 







899 



42-7 



38-7 



4-0 



0-1 



0-1 



22 



— 



28 



— 8-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



12 



912 



48-0 



42-2 



5-8 



0-5 



0-2 



23 



29 



— 



— 6-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



go 



903 



51-2 



46-2 



5-0 



1-2 



0-2 



28 



— 



28 



— 9-8 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



2 



873 



52-7 



46-6 



6-1 



1-3 



1-6 



23 



24 



— 



— 7-0 



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



4 



869 



52-0 



46-6 



5-4 



2-3 



1-2 



24 



24 



— 



— 6-0 



Cumuli. 



6 



858 



52-5 



45-8 



6-7 



2-6 



1-2 



25 





2-0 



Loose cumuli ; cumulo-strati and cirro-strati. Q 



;8 



919 



44-7 



42-7 



2-0 



1-8 



1-2 









9-5 



Dense mass of thick scud. 







29-977 



40-2 



39-5 



0-7 



0-8 



0-1 



2 





10-0 



Scud ; rain^ since last ohservation. 



8 



30-041 



38-5 



37-1 



1-4 



0-3 



0-0 



2 



— :28 



— 9-8 



Cirro-stratous scud and cirro-cumulo-strati. 







058 



42-4 



40-0 



2-4 



0-0 



0-0 



17 





10-0 



Dense cirro-stratus ; patches of scud to E. 



2 



058 



46-0 



41-8 



4-2 



0-0 



0-0 



17 





10-0 



Id. 



00 



053 



50-3 



45-0 



5-3 



0-0 



0-0 



18 



— 



20 



— 10-0 



Id. 



i^ 



035 



49-2 



44-5 



4-7 



0-1 



0-0 



18 



— 



19 



— 10-0 



Id. 



i4 



30-007 



50-4 



47-0 



3-4 



0-1 



0-1 



20 



23 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud and dense cirro-stratus ; light rain lately. 



i6 



29-994 



48-3 



46-0 



2-3 



0-0 



0-0 





22 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; slight drizzle. 



i8 



30-002 



47-0 



44-3 



2-7 



0-2 



0-0 



21 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud ; smoky scud to N. ; cirro-strati. 



io 



020 



45-4 



43-4 



2-0 



0-0 



0-0 



19 





1 10-0 



Id. 



« 



30010 



44-4 



43-4 



1-0 



0-0 



0-0 





20: — 



— 100 



Thick scud and cirro-stratus. 



|o 



020 



48-9 



46-0 



2-9 



0-0 



0-0 



17 



22 



— 



.— 10-0 



Id. 



2 



30-007 



53-2 



49-0 



4-2 



0-1 



0-0 



18 



20 



— 



. — i 10-0 



Id. 



10 



29-982 



56-0 



51-2 



4-8 



0-7 



0-5 



19 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus ; atmospheric haze. 



Jhe direction ( 



3f the V 



and is indicated by the number 



of the po 



int of the coi 



npass, reckoning N. = 0, B. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



ntions of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cir 



ro-stratus 



), and Ci. (ciri 



us), are indicated in a similar manner. 



^pril 294 8\ 



A dens 



e mass of thick scud has risen f 



rom N. an 



d NE., and is 



now nearly over the whole sky ; there are different shades 



oicolour ; the lo 



west is 



whitish smoky scud, and is detac 



hed from 



the rest ; there 



, is a bluish cloud, and a very black one ; they are moving 



i various directi 



ons, bu 



t principally from N. 









1 

 i 



HAG. AND 



MET. 



BS., 18 



46. 















5b 



