Daily Meteoeological Obseevations, May 8 — 14, 1846, 



375 







Thermometers. 1 



Wind. 





















Clouds, 1 







t. 



Bako- 









Maximum 





8c. : 



C.-s.:Ci., 



Sky 





in 

 e. 



METEE, 

 at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



fore 



e in 

 10">. 



From 



moving 

 from 



clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



h. 



in. 







o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



0—10. 









29-548 



56-0 



48-4 



7-6 



2-3 



1-1 



26 



25: 



— : — 



5-0 



Cumuli. 



2 



582 



57-9 



49-1 



8-8 



1-6 



0-9 



25 



24 



— : — 



5-0 



Id. o 



4 



605 



59-2 



50-2 



9-0 



2-2 



1-2 



23 



27- 



— : — 



6-0 



Id. e 



6 



647 



57-6 



500 



7-6 



1-1 



0-5 



22 



26 



— : — 



5-0 



Id. ; linear cirri. 



8 



673 



52-1 



47-0 



5-1 



0-4 



0-3 



26 







9-0 



Masses of cirro-strati ; cirrous haze ; solar halo. 







698 



47-0 



43-6 



3-4 



0-3 



0-0 



22 







2-0 



Sheets of cirri and cir. haze ; traces of a lunar halo. ]) 



8 



29-730 



40-4 



39-8 



0-6 



0-2 



00 



20 







0-2 



Cirri and haze round horizon. Q 







716 



47-7 



46-3 



1-4 



0-2 



0-1 



18 







0-5 



Scud, cirro-strati, and cirri round horizon. O 



2 



680 



57-2 



51-1 



6-1 



0-4 



0-3 



15 



15 



— : — 



7-0 



Cumuli ; a few tufts of cirri. Q 







640 



59-4 



51-4 



8-0 



1-3 



1-8 



16 



15 



— :20 



3-0 



Id. ; woolly cirri. Q 



2 



612 



60-6 



51-6 



9-0 



1-8 



1-7 



18 



18 



— : — 



7-0 



Masses of cum. ; woolly cirri and cir. haze ; solar halo. O 



4 



557 



61-3 



52-3 



90 



2-1 



1-2 



18 



17 



— :22 



8-0 



Id. ; woolly and mottled cirri ; very hazy on hor. 



6 



524 



57-9 



51-6 



6-3 



20 



0-3 



20 



18 



— : — 



10-0 



Thick scud and cirro-stratus. 



8 



488 



55-9 



51-6 



4-3 



0-4 



0-1 



18 



17 



; — 



100 



Id. 







452 



530 



49-8 



3-2 



0-5 



0-8 



19 



18 



— : — 



9-5 



Scud ; cir.-str. and cir. haze ; portion of a lunar halo. > 



H 



29-366 



55-3 



490 



6-3 



2-8 



0-9 



19 



21 



— : — 



3-0 



Loose cumuli ; showers of rain and hail about 5'^. 



8 



29-650 



470 



44-3 



2-7 



3-9 



0-5 



20 







10 



Scud and cirro-strati to S. ; cirri and haze to N. O 



!0 



674 



50-2 



46-7 



3-5 



1-0 



0-7 



19 



21 



— : — 



9-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirri and cirrous haze. 



!2 



684 



54-5 



49-6 



4-9 



2-1 



2-0 



)7 



21 



— : — 



6-0 



Id. ; id. 







698 



58-5 



50-8 



7-7 



3-0 



2-3 



18 



21 



— : . — 



8-0 



Id. ; id. o 



2 



706 



58-2 



49-9 



8-3 



3-6 



3-0 



19 



21 



— : — 



20 



Id. o 



4 



698 



57-8 



48-8 



9-0 



4-0 



2-9 



20 



21 



— : 



6-0 



Id. o 



6 



706 



57-0 



49-5 



7-5 



3-6 



1-6 



18 



20 



: ^ 



2-0 



Id. ; cirri. Q 



8 



726 



51-4 



46-5 



4-9 



2-5 



1-0 



18 



— 



— :22 



7-0 



Woolly cirri. 







741 



46-6 



44-0 



2-6 



1-2 



0-4 



18 







4-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. ]) 



8 



29-718 



43-5 



41-4 



2-1 



0-7 



0-1 



18 







20 : 20 



eo 



Thick woolly cirri and cirro-strati. 



JO 



711 



53-9 



48-7 



5-2 



0-6 



0-9 



16 







8-0 



Thick woolly cirri ; part of a halo. 



12 



717 



58-0 



50-2 



7-8 



1-6 



0-8 



18 



— 



22 : 22 



9-0 



Woolly cirri and cirro-strati ; patches of scud. 







708 



60-8 



52-0 



8-8 



21 



1-7 



18 







9-8 



Masses of cumuli ; woolly cirri and cirro-strati. 



2 



695 



63-6 



53-7 



9-9 



2-4 



2-0 



16 



15 



— : — 



9-8 



Id. ; cirrous haze and cirro-stratus. 



4 



679 



62-2 



52-5 



9-7 



1-7 



0-5 



17 



16 



— : — 



10-0 



Cum. ; cir.-str. and cir. haze ; hazy and electric-looking. 



6 



682 



58-4 



52-2 



6-2 



1-4 



0-9 



15 







10-0 



Scud and electric-looking cum. ; cirro-stratus and haze. 



8 



696 



53-3 



50-0 



3-3 



2-2 



0-3 



14 



16 



— : — 



100 



Thick dark scud ; cir.-str. and cir. haze ; slight showers 



10 



722 



51-9 



48-6 



3-3 



0-6 



0-0 









10-0 



Thick scud and cirro-stratus. [occasionally. 



[8 



29-758 



44-6 



43-7 



0-9 



0-7 



0-0 



4 







8-5 



Thick woolly cirri and cirrous haze ; patches of scud.0 



20 



766 



49-8 



47-8 



20 



0-1 



01 



4 



— 



— : 10 



9-5 



Thick woolly cirri ; cumulo-strati to NW. 



12 



774 



56-9 



51-6 



5-3 



0-3 



0-7 



7 



9 



— : — 



7-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirri and cirrous haze. 







777 



55-5 



50-6 



4-9 



1-8 



1-3 



6 



10 



— : — 



90 



Masses of cum. ; woolly cirri and cir. haze ; solar halo0 



2 



793 



57-6 



52-4 



5-2 



1-4 



0-8 



6 



9 



— : 12 



9-0 



Id. ; id. © 



4 



805 



56-3 



51-6 



4-7 



1-6 



1-2 



6 



9 



— : 12 



7-5 



Thin scud and cumuli ; woolly cirri. 



6 



831 



54-3 



50-4 



3-9 



1 1-5 



0-8 



8 



10 



: — 



10-0 



Scud and cumuli ; cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. 



8 



859 



49-3 



46-2 



3-1 



0-6 



0-5 



4 







90 



Woolly cirri, cirro-strati, and cirrous haze. 



10 



899 



46-4 



45-0 



1-4 



0-5 



0-3 



3 



6 



— : — 



10-0 



Scud ; cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. 



.8 



29-953 



46-3 



44-8 



1-5 



0-6 



0-7 



4 



4 



■ 



100 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



10 



979 



47-5 



45-4 



2-1 



0-8 



0-4 



2 



5 



— : — 



9-8 



Scud and loose cumuli. 



12 



984 



52-6 



48-8 



3-8 



0-8 



0-9 



4 



7 



— : — 



7-0 



Id. ; woolly cirri. Q 







978 



54-0 



49-7 



4-3 



0-8 



0-4 



2 



7 



— : 



4-0 



Id. ; id. O 



2 



968 



55-6 



48-5 



7-1 



0-8 



0-5 



6 







0-8 



Masses of scud and cum. ; thin cir. and cir. haze ; halo. O 



4 



954 



55-2 



48-4 



6-8 



0-8 



0-8 



5 



6 



— : — 



0-8 



Id. ; thin woolly cirri. O 



6 



952 



54-4 



48-0 



6-4 



0-9 



0-4 



3 







0-5 



A few small patches of scud and cum. ; woolly cirri. O 



8 



955 



50-8 



46-5 



4-3 



0-7 



0-1 



6 







0-3 



Cirrous haze and cirri on horizon. Q 



^0 



939 



44-5 



43-0 



1-5 



0-2 



0-0 











0-3 



Cirri on horizon. 



18 



29-885 



41-2 



41-0 



0-2 



0-1 



0-0 



18 







10-0 



Homogeneous ; misty. 



JO 



876 



43-8 



42-9 



0-9 



0-1 ! 0-1 



24 



22 



— : — 



9-8 



Cirro-stratous scud ; misty. 



The direction 



of the 1 



;vind is indicated by the numbe 



POf f 



he point 



af the coi 



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



)tions of the th 



ree stra 



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



rro-st 



ratus), an 



d Ci. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



May 12'i 20^. 



Very 



lazy round horizon ; small port 



ion 



f a halo. 































