Daily Meteorological Obseeva.tions, May 1 — 7, 1846. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



1 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



2 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



3 Oi 

 18 

 20 

 22 



4 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



5 



2 

 4 

 6 

 8 

 10 



18 

 20 

 22 



6 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



7 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 





Thermometers. | 



Baro- 

 meter 





t 









at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



in. 



29-971 



54-2 



50-8 



3-4 



935 



55-7 



52-4 



3-3 



912 



53-2 



51-2 



2-0 



893 



52-0 



50-3 



1-7 



853 



51-9 



50-9 



1-0 



29-817 



51-3 



48-4 



2-9 



835 



53-1 



48-4 



4-7 



840 



54-8 



49-0 



5-8 



865 



57-5 



50-3 



7-2 



864 



59-7 



50-7 



9-0 



865 



58-1 



50-1 



8-0 



863 



55-2 



47-5 



7-7 



894 



52-7 



46-7 



60 



906 



51-0 



44-6 



6-4 



29-898 



56-0 



49-7 



6-3 



29-809 



44-4 



42-8 



1-6 



807 



44-8 



42-2 



2-6 



792 



43-4 



41-9 



1-5 



752 



42-8 



40-7 



2-1 



708 



44-0 



41-4 



2-6 



661 



44-0 



41-7 



2-3 



624 



i 41-6 



40-6 



10 



578 



42-9 



41-1 



1-8 



556 



44-0 



42-1 



1-9 



29-431 



45-5 



44-0 



1-5 



420 



47-7 



46-2 



1-5 



395 



53-5 



500 



3-5 



386 



55-4 



50-9 



4-5 



347 



56-0 



52-1 



3-9 



324 



55-8 



52-2 



3-6 



305 



51-1 



50-0 



1-1 



292 



49-9 



48-8 



1-1 



271 



46-5 



46-0 



0-5 



29-194 



45-0 



44-7 



0-3 



193 



46-2 



45-4 



0-8 



193 



51-4 



48-6 



2-8 



195 



51-3 



48-4 



2-9 



202 



53-7 



50-0 



3-7 



204 



53-0 



48-7 



4-3 



212 



53-5 



49-2 



4-3 



227 



51-2 



48-3 



2-9 



241 



500 



47-0 



3-0 



29-320 



41-7 



40-2 



1-5 



342 



47-3 



43-7 



3-6 



348 



52-7 



45-2 



7-5 



355 



560 



47-8 



8-2 



366 



53-5 



46-6 



6-9 



369 



53-1 



47-0 



6-1 



378 



53-9 



48-1 



5-8 



381 



49-8 



46-2 



3-6 



405 



48-0 



45-6 



2-4 



29-448 



46-9 



43-9 



3-0 



482 



50-4 



45-3 



5-1 



518 1 



53-0 



46-9 



6-1 



Wind. 



Maximum 





force in 



Prom 



Ih. 



10". 





lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



1-5 



0-6 



19 



1-2 



1-7 



20 



1-3 



0-4 



20 



0-7 



0-1 



18 



1-4 



0-4 



18 



2-9 



0-1 



18 



1-3 



0-8 



24 



2-3 



1-8 



24 



1-8 



1-1 



22 



1-4 



1-5 



24 



2-0 



1-0 



26 



1-9 



l-l 



24 



1-0 



0-3 



20 



0-5 



0-3 



22 



0-5 



0-3 



12 



1-3 



0-0 



6 



0-6 



0-7 



12 



1-3 



0-2 



10 



1-2 



0-9 



10 



1-2 



0-7 



10 



1-5 



0-6 



8 



2-2 



10 



11 



1-9 



0-9 



11 



1-9 



0-4 



12 



0-9 



0-2 



12 



0-2 



0-1 



9 



0-1 



0-1 



14 



0-2 



0-1 



4 



0-2 



0-2 







0-3 



0-3 



6 



0-6 



01 



6 



0-2 



0-2 







0-3 



0-1 



4 



0-4 



0-0 







0-1 



0-1 



23 



0-1 



0-1 



26 



0-3 



0-1 



27 



0-3 0-2 



30 



0-4 



0-2 



31 



0-4 



01 



30 



0-2 



0-0 



26 



0-3 



0-1 



20 



0-5 



0-1 



20 



0-4 



0-3 



19 



1-2 



0-8 



19 



2-7 



0-9 



19 



2-1 



1-4 



24 



1-9 



0-6 



18 



2-2 



1-4 



20 



2-0 



1-2 



20 



1-7 



0-7 



20 



0-9 



0-2 



18 



0-9 



0-8 



22 



1-9 



1-6 



21 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-s. :Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



21 



22 



22 



22 



24 



24 



14: — 

 10: — : 



13 



19 



9: — : — 



— 



29: 



25 







26 



26: 



25 



25: 



— 



24: 



24 



— : 



25 



— : 



24 



Sky 

 clouded 



0—10. 



100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 



9-8 



9-0 



6-0 



8-5 



6-5 



9-9 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



8-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 



10-0 



100 



7-0 



10-0 



5-0 



8-0 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



8-5 



8-5 



9-8 



9-8 



0-2 

 30 

 7-0 

 9-0 

 9-5 

 9-5 

 7-0 

 100 

 10-0 



1-5 

 9-0 

 4-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Scud and cirro-stratus ; atmospheric haze. 



Scud ; dense cir.-str. and cir. haze ; atmospheric haz 



~" " id. ; id. 



Thin scud 



Id. 



Id. 



id. 



id. 



id. 

 id. 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. ; cirro-cumuli. 



Id. ; id. 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. [of cir.-sti 

 Id. ; woolly cirri ; cum.-str. ; she 



Masses of scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati 

 Dense mass of cirro-stratus ; cirro-cumulo-str. abovi 

 Cir.-str. over the whole sty ; a few patches of scud 

 As before. 



Scud and cumuli. 



Nearly homogeneous ; scud on E. horizon. 

 Scud ; dense cirrous mass : rain"'"* 

 Id. ; dense mass of cirro-stratus ; rain- 

 Dense cirro-stratus and scud ; rain"''^ 

 Masses of scud ; cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 

 Masses of wavy cirro-strati ; loose scud ; rain^ 



Scud ; dense cirro-stratus ; rain- 

 Id. ; id. ; id. 

 Thick scud and cirro-stratus. 



^3-4 



15° 



Scud ; mass of cirro-stratus. 

 Id. ; id. 



Scud and loose cumuli ; woolly cirri. 

 Thick scud. 

 Cumuli ; woolly cirri. 

 Scud and cumuli ; cumulo-strati and haze on horizi 



Rain'i— 1 ; 5'' 45"\ two peals of thunder, the interval for one of t 



Scud ; dense cir.-str. ; occasional shower'-"* ""''"^ 

 Rain^~- 



Homogeneous ; rain"- 

 Cirro-stratous scud. 

 Thick scud and loose cumuli. 

 Thick scud and cirro-strati. 



Id. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cumuli ; woolly cirri. 

 Scud, loose cumuli, and cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Id. ; cirro-strati ; id. ,; 



Scud and cirro-strati ; drops of rain. I 



Cirro-strati and linear cirri on horizon. ': 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cumulo-strati on horizon. ^ 

 Scud and cumuli ; woolly cirri. i: 



Id. |: 



Scud, loose cumuli, and cirro-strati. 



Id. 

 Scud, loose cum., cir.-cum.-str., wooUy cir., and cir. I '■■ 

 Masses of cir-str. ; woolly cir. and cir. haze over the ;- 

 Thick scud and cirro-stratus. 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; id. 



Cumuli. 



!3 



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. 

 May 7"*. Cuckoo heard. 



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