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Daily Meteoeological Observations, August 4 — 11, 1846. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



4 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 



8 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 



10 



22i 



9 18 

 20 

 22 





 2 

 4 

 6 

 8 

 10 



18 

 20 

 22 

 11 



10 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



29-738 



29-737 



747 

 741 

 741 

 731 

 722 

 722 

 729 

 745 



29-756 

 762 

 754 

 757 

 733 

 707 

 695 

 700 

 700 



29-642 

 647 

 635 

 620 

 589 

 592 

 536 

 518 

 515 



29-406 

 427 

 427 

 426 

 418 

 405 

 404 

 404 

 423 



29-508 



29-648 

 653 

 645 

 643 

 641 

 628 

 605 

 602 

 605 



29-580 

 592 

 600 

 611 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



61-3 



58-3 

 600 

 64-0 

 69-0 

 64-0 

 70-5 

 69-9 

 66-7 

 60-0 



530 



59-0 

 68-0 

 72-0 

 74-7 

 76-9 

 73-3 

 68-5 

 61-2 



58-1 

 62-4 

 60-8 

 63-0 

 63-3 

 631 

 63-8 

 63-2 

 62-8 



62-4 

 64-8 

 67-2 

 69-2 

 67-8 

 72-4 

 71-2 

 65-6 

 61-8 



67-3 



55-0 

 581 

 63-2 

 64-7 

 66-3 

 64-6 

 63-2 

 58-8 

 55-2 



55-0 

 570 

 59-9 

 62-0 



Wet. 



Diff. 



59-8 



57-8 

 59-2 

 61-0 

 63-6 

 62-5 

 65-2 

 64-9 

 63-8 

 59-4 



52-8 

 57-8 

 64-2 

 63-8 

 65-3 

 66-6 

 68-0 

 63-0 

 60-0 



57-4 

 60-4 

 60-3 

 620 

 62-1 

 630 

 63-2 

 630 

 62-6 



62-2 

 64-3 

 65-2 

 66-2 

 65-0 

 69-0 

 67-2 

 63-4 

 61-2 



62-3 



54-5 

 55-7 



58-2 

 58-7 

 59-4 

 59-8 

 58-6 

 56-2 

 53-5 



53-5 

 53-7 

 55-3 



57-4 



1-5 



0-5 

 0-8 

 30 

 5-4 

 1-5 

 5-3 

 50 

 2-9 

 0-6 



0-2 

 1-2 



3-8 



8-2 



9-4 



10-3 



t5-3 



j.5-5 



1-2 



9-7 

 2-0 

 0-5 

 10 

 1-2 

 0-1 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-2 



0-2 

 0-5 

 2-0 

 30 

 2-8 

 3-4 

 40 

 2-2 

 0-6 



5-0 



0-5 

 2-4 

 50 

 6-0 

 6-9 

 4-8 

 4-6 

 2-6 

 1-7 



1-5 

 3-3 

 4-6 

 4-6 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 li>. 10". 



0-2 



0-1 

 00 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 



0-1 

 00 

 1 

 0-1 

 01 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-1 



0-2 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-3 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-5 



0-6 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 



0-5 



1-3 

 0-5 

 1-5 

 1-3 

 2-8 

 1-9 

 1-1 

 0-7 

 0-5 



1-1 

 2-1 

 1-8 

 2-1 



lbs. 



0-1 



00 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-0 



0-0 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-1 



0-1 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-3 



0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 



0-3 



0-1 

 0-3 

 0-7 

 1-2 

 1-2 

 1-0 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-2 



1-2 

 1-1 

 1-2 

 1-3 



Prom 



pt. 

 4 



4 

 14 

 16 

 18 

 20 



18 



20 



20 



12 



14 



30 



3 



1 



2 



4 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 8 

 2 

 4 

 6 

 6 



31 



8 V. 



30 



4 



18 



18 



20 



20 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 19 

 20 



21 

 20 



22 

 20 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



6: 12 

 16: — 



20 



24 

 23 



— :22 



7: — : 

 6: — : 



13 



13: 



13 



— : 



18 



— : 



— 



18: 



20 



20 





20 



— : 



20 



— : 



20 



— : 



19 



— : 



18 



— : 



18 



— : 



19 



18: 



21 : 22 



Sky 

 clouded, 



0—10. 



7-0 



10-0 

 100 

 9-5 

 9-9 

 100 

 4-0 

 9-7 

 9-5 

 1-0 



2-0 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 5-0 

 4-0 

 7-0 

 30 

 3-5 

 2-5 



10-0 

 9-9 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 



10-0 



100 



100 



100 



9-9 



80 



8-5 



4-0 



7-5 



90 



3-5 

 3-0 

 3-0 

 9-5 

 7-0 

 8-0 

 9-5 

 60 

 0-2 



6-5 



9-8 



10-0 



9-8 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



(then, distance about a rr 

 " commenced at S'' 54"' ; a peal of tbun 



Scud and cirro-cumulo-strati. 



Homogeneous ; misty. 



Id. ; id. 



Loose scud and cumuli ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Scud ; loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. [rain'' 



Cir.-str. scud ; cum. ; several peals of thunder since 0' 

 Scud ; loose cum. and cir.-cum.-str. ; patches of cirri 

 Id. ; id. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 

 Cirro-strati and cirrous haze ; stratus on the ground. 



Stratus. 



Patches of cirro-strati ; fog on horizon. 

 Cirro-strati and haze on horizon ; cumuli on NE. hor 

 WooUy cirri ; loose cumuli ; cumuli and haze on hor i 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



Id. ; masses of cumuli. 



Id. ; cumuli and fog on horizon. 



Cir.-cum.-str. ; woolly and mottled cirri ; fog on hor. ) 

 Mottled and wooUy cirri and cirrous haze. 



Misty scud. 



Scud ; patches of cirri and cirro-cumuli. 



Scud; rain-~^ ; distant thunder to E. ; frequent hea 



Scud. [showers sLace 2i 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



Very thick and dark ; rain 



Nearly homogeneous ; misty ; rain 



Thick mist, objects invisible at ;J of a mile ; rain^ ; 



{Id., id. ; rain 0*5 ; (several pt 



of thunder heard since 9h; there was tliunder occasionally throughout the < I 



Misty scud. , 



Id. I 



Id. 



Scud and cirro-cumulo-strati. ! 



Thick black mass to N. ; cir.-cum.-str. and cir.-str. I 



Scud and loose cumuli; cir.-str.; occasional thimder to N£. andp 



Cir.-cum.-str. ; cum. round hor. ; thunder to NE. 9 

 Id. ; cumuli and fog on horizon. 



Id. ; cirro-strati and fog. 



Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-cumulo-strati and cir.- 



Scud, loose cumuli, cirro-strati, cir.-cum., and cirri. 9 



Id., id., cirri. 9 



Id., id., id, 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



Scud and loose cumuli ; woolly cirri and cirro-strat© 



Id. ; id. 



Id.; id. 



Scud ; wool, cir.-cum. ; cir.-str. ; drizzling rain sinc< 



Cir.-str. on hor.; two flashes of lightningto SE. since i } 



Cirro-stratous scud ; woolly and mottled cirri. 

 Scud ; cirro-strati and woolly cirri. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; cirro-strati and cirro-cumulo-strati. 



The thuir 



Aug. 6<' 18h. Observation made at 18'' 6™. 



Aug. 6* 20l\ The tops of cumuli seen occasionally to S. beyond the scud ; several peals of distant thunder heard to SSW. since 19h 45' ^ 



gradually came nearer till 21'' when its distance was about 1 J miles, it then passed off towards NE. ; nearly continuous heavy rain from 20'' 25™ till 21 1, ! 

 rain^— 3 afterwards. | 



Aug. Sil Ol\ From 0'' 20'" frequent distant thunder was heard to the S. and SW. ; about ll» IS"", it had approached nearer, when the thunder ioU<"T„ 

 ghtning in 20^ ; about 1'' SO"", a black mass of cloud came up over the zenith, when loud peals of thunder followed the lightning in 5* to 8^ ; at 1 36 , 



lightning i 



rain began to fall in spoonfuls, and when it ceased at V^ 55"" it was found that 0'590 inch had fallen in 20'" 



of thunder afterwards. 2'' 0"". Thick black mass to N., with loose detached patches below. 



The storm moved off to NE., with occasjonal f 



