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Daily Meteorological Observations, May 14 — 21, 1846. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



14 22 



15 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



16 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 

 23J 



17 3 

 8 



18 

 20 

 22 



18 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 

 18 

 20 

 22 



19 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



18 

 20 

 22 



20 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 

 18 

 20 

 22 



21 

 2 

 4 

 6 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



29-831 

 784 

 745 

 702 

 674 

 667 

 671 



29-590 

 575 

 521 

 490 

 459 

 422 

 373 

 358 



29-326 



28-909 

 826 



877 



28-807 

 824 

 816 

 802 

 803 

 793 

 772 

 780 

 784 



28-919 

 28-976 

 29-028 

 067 

 096 

 119 

 129 

 129 

 104 



29-006 

 003 

 037 

 074 

 106 

 131 

 169 

 215 

 254 



29-449 

 503 

 544 

 580 

 615 

 655 

 672 

 722 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



50-0 

 56-7 

 59-0 

 62-6 

 56-9 

 50-7 

 46-2 



39-4 

 47-5 

 54-0 

 55-0 

 55-6 

 54-6 

 52-2 

 48-6 

 46-0 



47-5 



51-4 

 47-8 

 49-6 

 50-5 

 54-6 

 50-2 

 50-3 

 50-8 

 48-0 

 48-4 



47-8 

 48-8 

 53-7 

 55-9 

 590 

 57-0 

 56-1 

 51-1 

 49-8 

 50-2 

 53-7 

 58-5 

 58-4 

 56-8 

 58-6 

 530 

 52-4 

 44-5 



45-7 

 51-2 

 56-3 

 60-3 

 53- 1 

 58-7 

 590 

 53-3 



Wet. 



46 

 48 

 51 

 52 

 50 

 46 

 41 



38 

 43 

 47 

 47 

 47 

 48 

 46 

 43 

 44 



47 



49 



47 

 47 

 46 

 49 

 48 

 47 

 47 

 47 

 47 

 46 

 46 

 48 

 48 

 51 

 49 

 47 

 46 

 46 



47 

 48 

 51 

 51 

 52 

 52 

 49 

 49 

 43 



44 

 48 

 51 

 54 

 52 

 55 

 54 

 50 



Diff. 



3-8 

 7-8 

 7-9 

 10-0 

 6-7 

 4-4 

 4-3 



0-9 

 3-8 

 6-6 

 8-0 

 7-7 

 6-4 

 5-6 

 5-4 

 1-5 

 0-3 



2-0 

 0-6 

 2-6 

 3-7 

 5-0 

 1-4 

 3-0 

 3-3 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 1-5 

 2-6 

 5-7 

 7-6 

 7-8 

 7-3 

 9-0 

 4-2 

 3-8 



2-4 

 5-3 

 6-7 

 7-3 

 4-6 

 6-3 

 3-4 

 3-2 

 1-1 



0-9 

 2-6 

 4-5 

 6-3 

 10 

 3-5 

 4 it4-6 

 4 fj2-9 



Wind. 



Maximum 





force in 



From 



Ih. 



10". 





lbs. 



Its. 



pt. 



0-1 



0-1 



13 



1-3 



0-8 



12 



0-9 



0-3 



16 



M 



0-2 



16 



11 



0-8 



14 



0-8 



0-4 



15 



0-4 



0-4 



17 



0-4 



0-0 





01 



00 



6 



0-2 



0-2 



14 



0-8 



0-8 



15 



1-5 



1-5 



12 



1-3 



11 



12 



1-3 



1-0 



8 



1-5 



0-9 



8 



0-5 



0-3 



6 



11 



0-5 



3 



0-8 



0-3 



18 



0-3 



0-0 



14 



0-3 



01 



16 



20 



2-0 



15 



1-8 



1-7 



14 



1-1 



0-2 



10 



0-8 



0-7 



10 



0-7 



0-4 



6 



0-6 



0-2 



4 



0-2 



0-1 



2 



0-2 



00 



21 



0-8 



0-4 



24 



1-8 



1-0 



24 



1-9 



1-6 



21 



2-2 



2-4 



18 



3-1 



1-9 



19 



1-9 



1-6 



18 



1-9 



0-1 



18 



0-5 



1-0 



15 



2-5 



0-2 



16 



2-3 



3-0 



16 



2-8 



2-2 



16 



2-9 



1-3 



18 



1-2 



0-3 



19 



0-7 



0-5 



12 



0-8 



0-1 



16 



0-2 



0-2 



16 



0-5 



0-1 



16 



0-2 



0-1 



22 



0-1 



0-0 



28 



0-2 



01 



31 



0-2 



0-1 



8 



]-0 



0-5 



6 



0-5 



0-2 



21 



0-3 



01 



16 



0-3 



0-2 



20 



Clouds 







Sc.:C.-s.: 

 movin 



Ci., 



Sky 

 clouded. 



from 







pt. 

 12 



pt. 



pt. 



0—10. 

 0-4 



14 



— 



— 



0-8 



15 



— 



— 



5-0 



21 



— 





8-5 



20 



— 



— 



8-0 







2-5 







4-0 







2-5 







2-5 



10: — 



20 



10 

 0-5 



12 



— 



— 



6-0 



13 



— 



— 



9-0 



11 



— 



— 



6-5 



11 







14 



3-0 



9 



— 



— 



10-0 



6 



— 



— 



10-0 



— 



20 







10-0 



— 



12 







7-0 



15 



— 



— 



8-5 



14 



14 



— 



8-5 



14 



— 



— 



9-8 



13 



_ 



— 



100 



12 



— 



— 



100 



12- 



. — 



— 



10-0 



8 



— 



— 



100 







10-0 







100 



24 



— 



— 



100 



24 



24 



— 



8-0 



24 



26 



26 



8-0 



24 



. — 



. — 



9-5 



21 



— 



— 



6-0 



20 



— 



— 



2-0 



— 



— 



20 



90 







10-0 



— 



17 



— 



30 



17 



17 



— 



4-5 



18 



— 



— 



7-5 



17 



— 



— 



9-0 



16 



— 



• — 



9-0 



16 



— 



— 



9-8 



15 



: 



: — 



9-8 



— 



:12 



: — 



9-0 







40 







5-5 



— 



16 



— 



6-0 



20 



16 



— 



2-0 



24 



- — 



: -- 



5-0 







9-0 







3-5 







1-0 



— 



•26 



: — 



3-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Masses of cumuli to S. and SE. 

 Small detached masses of cumuli. 

 Loose cumuli ; hazy. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Cirri and cirrous haze on horizon. 

 Cirri, cirro-strati, and cirrous haze. 





Cir.-cum.-str., cir.-str., woolly cirri, and cirrous haae.! 



Woolly cirri and cirro-strati ; hazy. 



Masses of loose cumuli ; sheets of vvooUy cirri. 



Small patches of cumuli. 



Cumuli. 



Scud ; cumuli and cirro-strati. 



Cumuli ; streaks of cirri. 



Loose cumuli, woolly cirri, cirrous haze, and sheeisc 



Scud ; rain""' commenced at 9^ 50'". [cir. 



Misty scud ; drizzling rain. 



Thick cirro-stratous scud. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati ; patches of scud. 



Scud; cirro-strati. [drops of rail 



Masses of scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati ; 



Scud, loose cumuli, and cirro-strati. 



Scud and cirro-strati ; showers since 1*^. 



Id. 

 Scud and cirro-stratus. 

 Scud ; rain'*'"' 

 Scud and cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 



Cirro-stratous scud and cirro-strati. 

 Scud ; cirro-strati. 



Scud and loose cum. ; sheets of cir.-str. and wool, cirri.! 

 Cumuli ; cirri and cirro-strati, moving very slowly. 

 Scud, cumuli, and cirro-strati. 

 Id, id., and woolly cirri. 

 Cumuli ; cirro-strati to S. 

 Cirri, cirrous haze, and cirro-strati. 

 Cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; hazy on horizon. 

 Scud and cirro-strati ; hazy on horizon. 

 Scud and cumuli. 



Id. [in ragged massesj 



Scud, nimbi, and cum.-str. ; some of the scud hangind 

 Scud and cum. ; cir.-str. ; a peal of thunder heard to E.I 

 Scud and cir.-str. [very heavy shower of haU about f 

 Cirro-strati, cirrous haze, and cirri. 

 Cirro-strati aud cirri. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati; haze on horizon, 

 Id. ; haze on horizon. il 



Masses of scud and loose cumuli in two currents. i 

 Cumuli ; two or three peals of thunder to SE. and als 

 Thunder-storm. [to N.' 



Cir.-cum.-str., cum., and haze ; thunder to S. and S'^^ 

 Cumuli and cirro-strati. O [since S"" 



Cirro-strati and cirri to W. ; cumuli to E. 



May 15* Ql". Observation made at flb e™. IG* 8''. Coloured parhelia and portion of a solar halo. IT'' 18*'. Observation made at 18h 7™. 



May 20<1 2'>. Between l'' 45™ and 2'' O"", three pe.->ls of thunder heai-d towards the SE. ; slight shower. 



May 21<l 2^. Thunder-storm since about l^ 20™, chiefly to northwards ; the intervals varying from 2s to 8% generally about 5» ; at Ih 37™, a very brilliant 

 flash to NNE., consisting of three simultaneous streaks, followed immediately by a single one, fiom the horizon to 20° altitude, the interval being 5* ; about 

 jh 45m, it commenced raining, the drops being very large ; at !•' 50™, it commenced to hail very violently, some of the hailstones being about 0-3 inch m 

 diameter, afterwards becoming rain. The clouds are chiefly thick black scud and cumulo-stratus, moving from various directions, but principally from ENE. 

 the last peal of thunder was heard about !•> 50™. 



