





Daily Meteorological Observations, June 18—24, 1846. 381 





! 



Thermometers. 



Wind 













Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 











Clouds, 







Bl 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 li-. 



mum 

 e in 



lo™. 



Prom 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



1" 



in. 



° 



" 







lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



O-IO. 







29-944 



79-3 



69-8 



9-5 



0-2 



0-2 



4 



16: — : — 



9-5 



Cumuli ; thunder-storm. (See footnote.) 





943 



65-6 



630 



2-6 



1-9 



0-0 



6 





8-5 



Thunder-storm nearly ended. 





913 



76-7 



t66-7 



10-0 



0-2 



0-1 



8 





90 



Dense mass of cirro-stratus. Q 





908 



730 



66-5 



6-5 



0-1 



0-0 



14 



— : 16: — 



8-5 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati and haze. © 



1 



910 



1 



66-0 



J63-2 



2-8 



0-1 



0-0 



18 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



1 



29-862 



60-3 



58-3 



t2-0 



0-1 



00 



22 



— : 18 : — 



9-0 



Cir.-str. ; cir.-cum. and cirri; parhelia seen at 18'' 30"". 



2 



861 



67-0 



63-5 



i3-5 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





9-5 



Cir.-str. and cir. haze becoming thicker ; a few cumuli. 



2 



846 



74-8 



67-4 



7-4 



0-2 



01 



20 



— 



— 



16 



5-5 



"Woolly cirri ; cumuli and haze round horizon. Q 





830 



80-5 



68-2 



12-3 



0-3 



01 



21 



18 



— 



— 



5-0 



Piles of cumuli to N. and W. ; hazy on hor. ; distant thunder to E. Q 





821 



83-6 



68-9 



14-7 



06 



0-3 



16 



21 



— 



— 



8-0 



Cum.-str. ; cirri ; cirro-strati ; distant thunder to E. Q 





831 



751 



63-7 



11-4 



1-0 



0-1 



30 



20 



20 



— 



7-5 



CumuU and woolly cirro-stratus. [occasionally till 7K O 





841 



71-8 



63-7 



t8-l 



0-6 



0-2 



18 



— 



24 



— 



7-5 



Cir.-cum.-str. ; large cum.-str. ; cir.-str. and cirri ; distant thunder 





850 



69-7 



64-5 



J5-2 



0-3 



0-0 



20 



— 



28 



— 



7-0 



Loose scud ; cir.-cum. ; cirri. ; cumulo-strati on hor. 



1 



29-912 



59-5 



57-5 



20 



1-8 



0-8 



2 



4 



— 



— 



100 



Scud ; the wind sprung up about 9h and scud came up about 9^ 30™. 



1. 



30-024 



54-1 



51-8 



2-3 



0-8 



0-3 



2 



4 







— 



10-0 



Scud. 



2^ 



053 



55-2 



51-7 



3-5 



0-7 



0-4 



2 



3 







— 



10-0 



Id. 



2' 



078 



56-6 



52-4 



4-2 



0-8 



0-6 



2 



3 











100 



Id. 



1 



095 



58-7 



53-0 



5-7 



08 



0-4 



4 



3 



— 



— 



9-8 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 





086 



59-2 



531 



6-1 



0-7 



0-7 



4 



4 



— 



24 



7-5 



Scud and cirro-cumulo-strati ; woolly cirri. © 



' 



089 



57-5 



52-0 



5-5 



1-1 



0-7 



4 



5 



— 



24 



7-0 



Scud ; woolly cirri, moving very slowly. © 



( 



1 092 



56-8 



51-5 



5-3 



0-7 



0-2 



2 



— 



— 



24 



7-0 



Woolly cirri ; cirrous haze. © 



1 



101 



54-6 



50-3 



t4-3 



0-3 



0-3 



7 





2-5 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati. O 



11 



110 



51-2 



49'2 



J2-0 



0-3 



0-1 



2 



8 : — : — 



7-0 



Scud and cirro-cumulo-strati. 



2: 



30013 



68-1 



58-4 



9-7 



0-3 



0-2 



12 





00 



Clear during the most of the day ; cirri in the evening. 



If 



29-798 



54-0 



50-9 



t3.1 



1-1 



00 







— : — : 18 



3-0 



Woolly and mottled cirri ; cir.-cum. and cirro-strati. © 



2( 



779 



60-6 



54-5 



;6-i 



0-0 



00 



12 





7-0 



Woolly cirri and cirro-strati. G 



2i 



742 



69-9 



57-2 



12-7 



0-2 



0-1 



4 





— 



18 



6-0 



Id. © 



] 



697 



75-3 



59-4 



15-9 



0-5 



0-4 



14 



— 



— 



. 18 



8-0 



Id. : very hazy on horizon. 



652 



77-7 



63-5 



14-2 



1-0 



0-7 



16 



— 



— 



18 



60 



Id. ; id. O 



/. 



593 



760 



65-8 



10-2 



1-4 



0-4 



12 



19 



16 



: — 



8-0 



Scud to SW. ; cir.-str. and cir. haze, becoming thicker ; portion of ahalo. 



( 



554 



73-8 



t62-8 



110 



1-3 



0-4 



14 



— 



— 



21 



8-0 



Woolly cirri and cir. haze ; scud and cum. to W. ; portion of a halo- © 



i 



527 



69-5 



J62-2 



7-3 



0-5 



0-2 



15 



16 



— 





9-0 



Cumuli ; mass of cirri and cirrous haze ; distant thunder to W. 



n 



538 



65-3 



61-4 



3-9 



0-9 



01 



18 



— 



15 



— 



10-0 



Loose and spotted cirro-strati ; mass of cirrous haze. 



29-345 



60-9 



60-2 



0-7 



0-0 



00 



4 



14 











10-0 



Loose cum. ; cir.-str. and cir. haze ; portion of a halo. © 



2( 



327 



60-5 



60-0 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 



4 



14 



— 



: — 



10-0 



Scud ; dense mass of clouds ; rain'^ since 19'^ 30™. 



2i 



256 



63-3 



61-7 



1-6 



0-2 



0-1 



6 



5 



— 



— 



100 



Thick scud ; dense covering of clouds ; rain^ 



( 



215 



64-0 



62-6 



1-4 



0-2 



0-2 



7 



5 











10-0 



Id. ; id. ; rain^ 



S 



1 142 



63-4 



62-1 



1-3 



0-3 



0-3 



2 



4 



— 







10-0 



Scud ; id. ; misty ; rain*"'^ 



'4 



097 



57-9 



57-0 



0-9 



0-5 



0-5 



25 



26 



— 







100 



Thick scud ; rain^— ^ 



( 



066 



52-7 



51-4 



1-3 



1-8 



1-1 



26 



26 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



SI' 055 



51-7 



49-8 



1-9 



1-6 



1-0 



20 



24 



— 



— 



9-9 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



10 29-038 

 18( 28-988 



50-4 



48-2 



2-2 



1-1 



0-6 



22 



23 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 



47-1 



46-0 



1-1 



2-7 



1-7 



19 



24 











10-0 



Scud ; dense homogeneous mass of clouds ; rain^ 



201 29-003 



50-0 



48-0 



2-0 



2-1 



1-4 



22 



24 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id, ; rain^-^ 



221 030 



53-8 



50-2 



3-6 



2-5 



1-8 



22 



24 



^ 



— 



100 



Id. ; id. 



Ol 045 



58-9 



52-7 



6-2 



2-3 



0-9 



22 



24 



— 



— 



9-8 



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



2i 069 



59-2 



52-6 



6-6 



1-8 



0-7 



22 



24 



— 



— 



10-0 



Masses of scud ; dense homogeneous cir.-str. and haze. 



4 080 



59-9 



520 



7-9 



1-3 



0-3 



23 



24 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; cir.-str. and cir. haze ; portion of a solar halo. © 



( 



3 078 1 



59-8 



52-4 



t7-4 



1-1 



0-3 



28 



24- 



— 



— 



8-0 



Masses of scud and loose cum. ; cir. and cir. haze. © 



Jd 



a,ni Z"!— 4h. Great 



piles of electric cumuli ; mas 



ses of black scud and cu 



muli ; uniform to E. ; very hazy ; distant thunder heard first at l'' 50™, many 



°ali 



sj>ce ; three flashes ol 



' lightning from l^ 55™ till 



2h 0™ to E. from horizoi 



1 to altitude 5°, followed by irregular and rather faint peals. At 2'' 30™, a 



tres 



lo SE., thunder in 30 

 Ike flashes seen to SW 

 PJIs in a minute ; the f 



'. 2'i .55™. There has been a 



continuous intermitting 



grumbling to E. and SE. since 2'> ; thunder has now commenced to SW. and 



v., 



., altitude 5°, thunder followi 



ng in about 25s. Fron: 



1 this time there was an uninterrupted thundering, sometimes 3 or 4 flashes 



nd 



lashes were generally from th 



e horizon to an altitude 



of 7° or 8°, interval 20^ to 25' ; about 3^ 25™, the thunder had come nearer. 



be 



lir.vals being 7^ to 9», 



md the flashes reaching an alt 



itudeof from20° to30°. 



many of the streaks seeming to be repeated four or five times. Z^ 25™. Gusts 



t" w 



i'lfrom about W., larg 



e drops of rain, clouds movinj 



■■ from N. ; 30™, a streal 



: reaching from SW. to WNW. at an altitude of 20°, interval lO" ; 30™— 40™, 





tj chiefly to NW., the 



peals not so very frequent ; 



13™, two very loud peal 



s in rapid succession, intervals 3^' and 1^*, large hailstones, with heavy rain. 



1" ^ 



bar 



J 



■atu 



5to4h om. Occasiona 



1 flashes, with thunder in al 



out 12S ; very heavy ra 



m. 4110™. Clouds beginning to clear off from SW., rain ceased at 41" 10™; a 



P'ial was heard at 4h J 



5™ ; very distant peals were 



heard occasionally afteri 



vards ; during the storm the temperature fell to 60*-5. 



"IS"'*'". About 3h it 



was very black to N., and a 



good deal of rather dista 



nt thunder was heard from that quarter, with wind, which lowered the tcmpe- 



'jbout 8° ; the thunde 



r worked round by E. to SE., 



where it now is, but rat 



her distant ; dark- looking all round the horizon ; sky in zenith. 





■^G. AND A 



lET. OB 



s. 184 



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