





Daily Meteorological Observations, May 21 — 28, 1846. 377 



1 



Thermometers. 



Wind 











II 



T3 1 T»/\_ 









Clouds, 







1 



.METER 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



Ih. 



mum 

 e in 



lO-n 



From 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Kemarks. 



1 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





^^ 



29-750 



46-2 



45-3 



0-9 



0-1 



0-0 



22 





2-0 



Cirro-strati and cirri. 



! 



29-810 



49-2 



47-8 



1-4 



0-1 



0-0 



24 



19 



— 



— 



8-0 



Misty scud ; woolly cirri and cirrous haze. O 



>( 



832 



53-7 



51-3 



2-4 



0-6 



0-2 



18 



19 



— 



— 



9-9 



Scud ; cirro-stratus. [cirro-stratus. 



l)\ 



842 



57-6 



52-2 



5-4 



0-7 



0-3 



22 



22 



— 



— 



10-0 



Masses of scud and loose cum. ; dense homogeneous 



( 



862 



58-6 



53-5 



5-1 



0-9 



0-8 



18 



22 



— 



— 



10-0 



Patches of scud ; dense homogeneous cirro-stratus. 



il 



860 



57-0 



52-4 



4-6 



1-1 



1-0 



20 



22 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



A 



843 



58-8 



53-2 



5-6 



1-6 



1-8 



20 



20 



26 



— 



9-9 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



(\ 



831 



53-6 



50-1 



3-5 



2-4 



1-3 



21 



22 



— 



— 



10-0 



Thick scud. 



V 



857 



52-0 



500 



2-0 



1-3 



0-8 



18 



21 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 



( 



871 



51-5 



50-2 



1-3 



0-7 



0-2 



20 



21 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 



f 



29-920 



52-2 



50-0 



2-2 



0-3 



0-1 



26 



— 



28 







9-9 



Dense mass of cirro-stratus. 



■29-970 



53-2 



51-2 



2-0 



0-1 



0-1 



29 



— 



29 



— 



100 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-stratus ; drizzling rain. 



;0'015 



49-3 



48-6 



0-7 



0-5 



0-3 



4 



5 



— 



— 



10-0 



Misty loose scud ; slight drizzle since 20**. 



014 



52-3 



50-7 



1-6 



0-2 



0-1 



3 



7 



— 



— 



100 



Id. 



016 



56-7 



53-2 



3-5 



0-2 



0-2 



2 



5 



20 



— 



9-0 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



4j 30-008 



56-9 



530 



3-9 



0-2 



0-2 



8 



— 



21 



— 



6-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati. © 



fi' 29-991 



58-7 



54-4 



t4-3 



0-2 



0-1 



2 



21 



— 



— 



8-0 



Scud and cumuli. Q 



998 



56-0 



52-4 



J3-6 



0-2 



0-1 



2 



22 



— 



— 



9-5 



Cirro-stratous scud and cirro-cumulo-strati. 



V, 998 



51-3 



49-7 



1-6 



0-1 



0-1 



18 





90 



Cirro-strati. 



ja 29-988 



56-4 



49-0 



7-4 



M 



0-5 



22 



24 



27 



27 



4-0 



Masses of cumuli ; cirro-cumuli and linear cirri. O 



8 29-878 



54-4 



52-0 



2-4 



1-7 



1-5 



24 



24 



— 



28 



7-0 



Scud ; woolly cirri ; cirro-strati. © 



>0 866 



57-7 



53-8 



3-9 



1-3 



1-1 



24 



24 



— 







9-5 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



J2 867 



58-0 



53-7 



4-3 



2-6 



1-4 



20 



23 



— 



— 



9-9 



Id. ; cirro-strati and cirri. 



828 



60-8 



55-3 



5-5 



2-2 



1-8 



22 



24 



— 



— 



8-5 



Id. ; cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati. 



2 811 



60-5 



54-8 



5-7 



3-2 



2-6 



26 



25 



26 



— 



7-0 



Id. ; cirro-cumuli, mottled cirri, and cirro-strati. Q 



4 801 



62-0 



55-2 



6-8 



4-2 



2-0 



26 



26 



24 



— 



6-5 



Id. ; id. 



6 778 



59-3 



53-5 



t5-8 



3-8 



2-7 



26 



26 



25 



— 



3-5 



Id. ; sheets of mottled cirro-strati. O 



8 801 



56-3 



51-3 



|5-0 



3-5 



0-3 



27 



25 



— 



— 



5-0 



Id. ; id. O 



10 811 



50-6 



45-8 



4-8 



1-5 



0-4 



21 



26 



— 



— 



1-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



18 29-829 



48-8 



46-0 



2-8 



1-8 



0-5 



22 



— 



— 



.29 



8-5 



Woolly and mottled cir. and cir.-str. ; patches of scud. 



20 836 



52-3 



46-2 



6-1 



10 



0-6 



25 



27 



— 







3-5 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. O 



22' 838 



54-6 



46-9 



7-7 



1-2 



1-2 



26 



27 







— 



7-0 



Loose cumuli. O 



0' 838 



57-7 



48-8 



8-9 



1-6 



M 



26 



27 



— 



— 



4-0 



Id. 



21 837 



59-1 



50-0 



9-1 



1-8 



1-0 



24 



27 



— 



— 



8-0 



Id. O 



4 840 



60-7 



51-4 



9-3 



2-6 



1-8 



24 



28 



— 



— 



8-5 



Id. e 



6 835 



55-8 



48-4 



t7-4 



3-4 



1-8 



24 



27 



— 







3-0 



Id. 



8 845 



52-4 



47-0 



5-4 



1-7 



1-9 



22 



26 



— 



27 



5-0 



Scud ; wooUy and curled cirri. 



10 831 



49-9 



44-8 



51 



1-6 



0-9 



21 



27 



— 



— 



5-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



18 29-793 



49-9 



46-3 



3-6 



1-3 



0-8 



22 



26 











10-0 



Scud ; cirro-strati ahove. 



20 795 



51-5 



46-8 



4-7 



1-0 



0-4 



23 



26 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



22 



773 



53-7 



47-3 



6-4 



1-7 



1-0 



26 



26 











9-5 



Id. ; cirro-strati and cirro-cumuli. 







769 



54-1 



48-2 



5-9 



1-9 



11 



25 



26 



— 



— 



10-0 



Thick scud ; cumuli on horizon to S. and N. ; cir.-str. 



2 



765 



53-6 



49-8 



3-8 



2-0 



0-6 



26 



26 



— 



— 



8-5 



Thick scud ; ciun. on horizon to S. and N. ; cir.-str. ; slight shower. 



4 



763 



56-4 



48-0 



8-4 



20 



1-7 



29 



27 



— 



— 



9-0 



Id. ; id. to E. and N. ; rain"^ 



6 



801 



52-3 



46-4 



5-9 



2-3 



0-4 



2 



27 



— 



— 



8-0 



Thick scud and loose cumuli. j-^^ j. about i*' 



8 



822 



51-0 



46-8 



4-2 



0-3 



0-1 







27 







— 



9-5 



Scud and cir.-str. ; drops of rain occasionally ; a portion of a rainbow 



10 



854 



47-0 



45-0 



2-0 



0-1 



0-0 



28 



28 



— 



— 



7-0 





18 



29-948 



44-9 



42-2 



2-7 



0-2 



0-1 



27 





2-0 



Woolly cirri radiating from SSE. ; hazy on horizon. O 



20 1 974 



49-4 



43-5 



5-9 



0-4 



0-3 



30 



29 



— 



— 



2-0 



Loose cumuli. © 



22 982 



54-4 



46-6 



7-8 



0-7 



0-3 



28 



1 



— 



— 



60 



Cumuli. 



0129-997 



55-3 



47-2 



8-1 



0-5 



0-4 







1 



— 



— 



3-5 



Id. O 



2 '30-006 



57-7 



48-4 



9-3 



0-6 



0-3 



29 



30 



— 



— 



3-5 



Id. O 



4 



30-000 



58-9 



49-2 



9-7 



0-6 



0-1 



26 



26 



: — 



: — 



4-0 



Id. ; woolly cirri. © 



J 



29-992 



60-1 



50-7 



t9-4 



0-4 



0-0 



27 



7 



: : 



3-5 



Scud, loose cumuli, and cirro-strati. Q 



Tl 



tiiirection 



of the wind is indicated by the e 



umbei 



• of the point 



jf the cot 



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



loti 



(lofthetl 



ree strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C 



.-s. (ci 



rro-stratus), an 



d Ci. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





AG. AND 



MET. C 



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