



Daily Meteorological Observations, August 11 — 17, 1846. 389 



1 



1.. , . 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 







latt. 

 ean 

 me. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



From 



Sc. : C.-s : Ci., 



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



U. 











Ih. 



lO-. 











in. 















lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





1 2 



29-620 



61-5 



56-6 



4-9 



2-4 



1-3 



20 



22 



: — 



: — 



9-8 



Scud ; cirro-strati and cirro-cumulo-strati. 



4 



636 



62-5 



57-0 



5-5 



2-2 



1-7 



20 



22 



: 24 



: — 



8-0 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; sheets of cir.-str. on hor. 



6 



648 



61-4 



56-7 



4-7 



2-6 



0-9 



20 



22 



:' — 



: — 



9-5 



Id. ; cirro-strati. © 



8 



655 



58-2 



55-1 



31 



1-3 



0-4 



19 



23 



22 



: — 



7-0 



Id. ; id. 



10 



691 



57-4 



54-8 



2-6 



0-7 



0-2 



20 





9-9 



Id. 



18 



29-754 



55-0 



52-6 



2-4 



0-5 



0-2 



18 



24 



24 



— 



7-0 



Scud and cirro-cumulo-strati. © 



20 



777 



58-2 



54-8 



3.4 



0-2 



01 



20 



23 



— 



— 



9-8 



Scud. 



22 



789 



60-7 



55-7 



5-0 



0-4 



0-1 



22 



23 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 



1 



781 



62-3 



57-5 



4-8 



0-3 



0-3 



22 



23 



— 



— 



9-5 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cumuli on N. horizon. 



2 



785 



63-7 



58-2 



5-5 



0-6 



0-1 



21 



22 



— 



— 



9-9 



Id. 



4 



762 



64-2 



57-1 



7-1 



0-6 



0-6 



21 



24 



— 



— 



9-0 



Scud ; loose cumuli ; cirro-cumuli. 



6 



755 



64-6 



56-2 



8-4 



0-8 



0-2 



22 



— 



.23 



24 



4-0 



Cirro-strati ; wooUy and mottled cirri. © 



is 



732 



59-2 



55-8 



3-4 



0-3 



0-1 



22 



22 



— 



: — 



10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud and cirro-strati. 



10 



697 



56-8 



54-2 



2-6 



0-3 



0-1 



8 





9-9 



Id. 



18 



29-358 



57-6 



56-8 



0-8 



0-3 



0-2 



18 



19 



— 







9-8 



Scud ; cirro-strati ; rain^'^ 



20 



299 



60-7 



59-2 



1-5 



1-7 



0-6 



17 



18 



: — 



: — 



10-0 



Id. ; id. ; rain^ 



22 



226 



65-7 



62-8 



2-9 



1-2 



2-1 



16 



18 



: — 



. — 



10-0 



Id. ; id. • 



1 



172 



61-0 



60-7 



0-3 



2-2 



0-8 



16 



21 



: — 



. — 



10-0 



Id. ; rain^ 



2 



118 



64-3 



62-8 



1-5 



0-5 



0-1 



18 



18 



: — 



— 



9-9 



Id. ; dense cirro-stratus ; rain'-^"^ 



4 



157 



66-0 



6M 



4-9 



11 



0-3 



21 



25 



. — 



: — 



7-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; woolly cirri. G 



6 



215 



63-2 



57-8 



5-4 



11 



1-3 



30 



— 



:28 



— 



3-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cumulo -strati to SE. ; cir.-str. O 



8 



331 



59-4 



54-7 



4.7 



1-8 



0-6 



30 



— 



.27 



: — 



9-5 



Cirro-stratous scud and dense undulated cirro-strati. 



10 



415 



56-2 



52-8 



3-4 



1-6 



0-2 



29 





10-0 



As before. 



18 



29-589 



46-7 



45-0 



-1.7 



0-5 



0-2 



22 



— 



— 



25 



20 



Patches of cirri scattered over the sky ; cirro-strati. Q 



20 



614 



52-9 



50-0 



..2-9 



0-2 



0-2 



22 



26 



— 



— 



2-0 



Patches of scud ; loose cum. on Cheviot ; patches of cLr.- 



22 



617 



57-8 



51-4 



6-4 



0-2 



0-3 



23 



24 



24 



— 



3-0 



Loose cum. and cir.-str. ; woolly cir. © [str. and cir. © 



1 



642 



62-3 



55-5 



6-8 



0-2 



0-2 



22 



24 



24 



— 



8-0 



Loose cumuli and cirro-strati ; woolly cirri. © 



2 



650 



65-9 



57-8 



8-1 



0-4 



0-3 



18 



22 



22 



— 



9-5 



Loose cumuli ; woolly cirro-cumuli and cumulo-strati.© 



4 



649 



63-8 



56-7 



7-1 



0-9 



0-1 



18 



22 



— 



— 



7-0 



Id. ; cirri and cirro-strati. 



6 



640 



62-6 



56-0 



6-6 



0-4 



0-1 



18 



— 



18 



23 



5-0 



Cir.-str. scud ; woolly and mottled cirri ; cir.-str. © 



8 



652 



58-3 



54-0 



4-3 



0-1 



0-1 



18 



— 



20 



— 



9-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; woolly cirri and sheets of cir.-str. 



10 



619 



53-0 



51-0 



2-0 



0-1 



0-1 



30 





9-0 





18 



29-504 



53-6 



52-9 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 



30 



14 : 14 : — 



10-0 



Scud and thick cirro-stratus ; rain"'-^ 



'20 



461 



57-0 



55-3 



1-7 



0-3 



0-2 



12 



14 



— 



— 



9-9 



Id. 



'22 



426 



62-0 



58-6 



3-4 



0-5 



0-3 



15 



17 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 



10 



401 



64-2 



60-2 



4-0 



0-8 



1-1 



18 



18 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; drops of rain. 



2 



374 



62-4 



60-7 



1-7 



0-8 



0-2 



17 



17 



— 







10-0 



Id. ; rain^ 



4 



357 



62-2 



60-2 



2-0 



0-3 



0-2 



16 



18 











10-0 



Id. 



6 



337 



58-4 



57-0 



1-4 



0-5 



0-1 



17 



— 



16 



16 



7-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and wooUy cirri ; cirro-strati. 



8 



339 



56-9 



55-1 



1-8 



0-3 



0-3 



20 





0-5 



Cumulo-strati and cirro-strati on horizon. 



;o 



349 



54-5 



53-2 



1-3 



0-2 



0-2 



22 





0-5 



Scud and cirro-strati round horizon. 



^2| 



29-425 



62-4 



57-6 



4-8 



1-4 



0.7 



20 



22 



— - 



— 



8-0 



Scud and cumuli. 



ins 



29-514 



56-4 



55-0 



1-4 



1-6 



0-1 



18 



18- 



18 







10-0 



Thick scud and cirro-stratus. 



20 



523 



60-4 



58-3 



2-1 



0-1 



0-1 



17 



20 



20 



— 



9-8 



Scud ; cirro-cumuli. 



!2 



520 



64-0 



60-1 



3-9 



0-4 



0-3 



20 



20 



20- 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



r.o 



510 



65-6 



59-6 



6-0 



0-7 



0-8 



16 



— 



20 



— 



4-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and cum. ; wooUy cir. and cir.-str. © 



2 



508 



61-8 



57-8 



4-0 



0-8 



0-1 



20 



— 



20 



— 



10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud and wavy cirro-strati. 



4 



489 



62-6 



59-9 



2-7 



0-4 



0-2 



17 



18 



— 







9-9 



Scud ; loose cumuli ; cirro-strati ; rain about 3^. 



6 



463 



63-8 



60-3 



3-5 



0-2 



0-1 



8 



21 



— 



— 



9-8 



Id. ; id. ; id. ; drops of rain. 



'8 



456 



61-0 



58-7 



2-3 



0-1 



0-1 



12 



— 



18 



— 



9-8 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati and cumuli. 



i: 



446 



58-0 



56-2 



1-8 



01 



0-1 



8 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



29-316 



56-0 



55-5 



0-5 



0-4 



0-4 



3 



12: — : — 



10-0 



Scud ; mass of cirro-strati. 



■JO 



305 



57-0 



55-6 



1-4 



0-4 



0-2 



6 



12 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



-t 



295 



58-0 



57-2 



0-8 



0-5 



0-4 



7 



12 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. ; rain"'^ 



The direction ( 



rf the V, 



find is indical 



ed by the number of thfe point of the coi 



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



itioi 



M of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, g 



c. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. (cin 



'us), are indicated in a similar manner. 



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MAG. AND 



MET, 



BS., 18 



46. 

















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