I 



Daily Meteorological Observations, August 24 — 31, 1846. 391 



itt. Baro- 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 

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



Sky 











Maximum 





■an METER 



ne. at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



force in 

 1". 10". 



From 



moving 

 from 



clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



i 



, h. in- 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0-10. 





J22 30-123 



56-9 



54-0 



2-9 



0-1 



01 



19 





1-0 



Detached masses of cumuli on hor. ; patches of cirri. © 



I 121 



65-0 



58-6 



6-4 



0-2 



0-1 



20 



30: 



— : — 



8-0 



Scud and cumuli ; cirrous haze. 



2 101 



65-9 



58-6 



7-3 



01 



0-1 



12 



30: 



28:28 



9-5 



Id.; woolly cirri, cir. cum., and cir. haze; solar 



4 091 



65-4 



57-2 



8-2 



0-1 



0-1 



12 



31 : 



— : — 



9-9 



Scud; cirro-strati and cirri. ^ [halo.0 



6 082 



61-7 



57-0 



4-7 



0-3 



0-1 



6 



— : 



26:26 



8-0 



Woolly cirri, cirro-cumuli, and cirro-strati. © 



8 076 



57-4 



551 



2-3 



0-2 



0-0 



2 





2-5 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



,10 079 



51-3 



50-0 



1-3 



0-0 



0-0 



16 





0-5 



Clouds and haze on horizon ; stars rather dim. 



il8 30-040 



44-8 



44-4 



0-4 



01 



00 



17 



: 



0: — 



8-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; very misty. # 



!20 047 



49-7 



48-8 



0-9 



0-1 



0-0 



6 



— : 



2: — 



3-0 



Id. ; mist clearing off. 



122 039 



58-7 



55-8 



2-9 



0-0 



0-0 



24 



— : 



6: — 



6-0 



Id. O 



2 30-019 



630 



58-0 



5-0 



00 



0-0 









2-0 



Cumuli. O 



\ 2 29-991 



66-4 



58-8 



7-6 



0-1 



0-1 



8 



10: — : — 



5-0 



Id. 



1 4 965 



67-2 



59-3 



7-9 



0-2 



0-2 



4 



9: — : — 



3-0 



Id. ; very hazy round horizon. © 



6 951 



65-3 



58-8 



6-5 



0-4 



0-3 



10 





0-5 



Id. ; id. © 



8 950 



58-4 



55-7 



2-7 



0-2 



0-0 









1-0 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze on horizon. 



10 959 



51-2 



50-6 



0-6 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Haze on horizon. 



18 29-920 



43-7 



43-4 



0-3 



0-1 



0-0 



17 





8-0 



Woolly and mottled cirri ; fog, objects invisible at 200 



|20 927 



48-7 



48-2 



0-5 



01 



0-0 



20 





8-0 



As before. % [yards. 



!22 921 



55-6 



53-7 



1-9 



0-0 



0-0 



30 



— : 8: — 



7-0 



Cirro-cumuli. 



2 907 



61-2 



56-4 



4-8 



0-1 



0-1 









3-0 



Cum. ; cir.-cum. ; the motion of the clouds is scarcely 



2 889 



65-9 



57-0 



8-9 



0-2 



0-1 



16 





4-0 



Id., moving very slowly. O [perceptible.© 



4 870 



65-6 



57-2 



8-4 



0-3 



0-2 



20 



16 



— : 16 



3-0 



Id. ; vcooUy cirri. © 



6 851 



64-9 



59-5 



5-4 



0-4 



0-2 



12 



20 



20: — 



6-0 



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



8 865 



616 



58-1 



3-5 



0-3 



0-1 



20 



— 



20: — 



7-0 



Thick cirro-stratous scud. 



10 882 



59-3 



56-4 



2-9 



0-2 



0-0 



20 





8-0 



Scud. 



18 29-908 



49-5 



48-8 



0-7 



01 



0-1 



18 



— : — : 16 



4-5 



WooUy cirri, cirro-cumulo-strati and cir.-str. ; misty. © 



20 907 



53-2 



50-7 



2-5 



0-1 



01 



25 





0-5 



Cirri and haze on horizon. © 



22 922 



60-3 



57-4 



2-9 



0-1 



0-0 



28 





2-0 



Cirri and cirro-strati, chiefly to S. ; cum. on N. hor. © 



21 936 



65-1 



58-9 



6-2 



0-2 



0-1 



2 



— 



— :12 



3-0 



Woolly cirri ; large piles and ranges of cum. on N. and 



! 2 920 



67-3 



62-0 



5-3 



0-4 



0-3 



6 



10 



— :14 



4-0 



Cumuli; cirri. © [S. hor.© 



14 917 



67-7 



60-4 



7-3 



0-4 



0-3 



2 



— 



— : 16 



3-0 



Woolly and mottled cirri ; cumuli round horizon. © 



6 915 



64-9 



60-3 



4-6 



0-4 



0-1 



4 





2-0 



Cumuli and cirri. © 



8 927 



60-0 



58-2 



1-8 



0-2 



01 



3 





20 



Cirro-strati and cirri. 



10 933 



57-0 



56-4 



0-6 



0-1 



0-0 



4 





10-0 



Overcast. 



18 29-923 



55-3 



54-7 



0-6 



0.1 



0-0 







10-0 



Homogeneous ; misty. 



20 901 



56-7 



55-4 



1-3 



0-1 



0-0 



4 



— 



8: — 



10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud and cirro-stratus. 



12 906 



58-8 



56-9 



1-9 



i 0-1 



0-0 



4 v. 







4: — 



10-0 



Thick cirro-stratus and scud. 



2' 889 



64-5 



59-3 



5-2 



! 0-1 



0-1 



8 



— 



4:- 



100 



Id. 



2 880 



65-9 



60-7 



5-2 



i 0-1 



0-1 



28 



2 



: 



9-0 



Masses of scud and loose cum. ; cir. haze ; solar halo. 



4 854 



64-2 



60-3 



3-9 



0-1 



0-2 



2 



4 



— : 



10-0 



Masses of scud ; cirro-stratus. % 



[6 845 



62-4 



59-0 



3-4 



0-3 



0-2 



3 



— 



0: — 



7-0 



Cirro-cumuli ; patches of cumuli ; cirrous haze. 



8 853 



57-6 



56-0 



1-6 



0-2 



0-1 



4 





6-0 



Id. ; cirrous haze. 



10 853 



53-0 



52-6 



0-4 



0-2 



0-0 



8 





1-0 



Cirro-strati and haze near horizon. 



IJ3 29-858 



62-7 



59-0 



3-7 



0-6 



0-5 



20 



20 



— : 28 



5-0 



Masses of loose cumuli ; cirri and cirrous haze. © 



3118 29-880 



57-3 



55-2 



21 



1-0 



0-0 



8 







18: — 



9-9 



Cirro-stratous scud and wavy cirro-strati. 



^0 876 



60-7 



58-2 



25 



1 0-6 



0-4 



16 



17 



— : — 



9-9 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



'22 872 



64-3 



60-3 



4-0 



t 0-8 



0-8 



18 



20 



— : — 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



3;0 878 



57-7 



53-1 



4-6 



! 0-8 



0-4 



26 



18 



. — : — 



10-0 



Thick scud ; rain' 



•2 908 



56-2 



54-5 



1-7 



, 0-5 



0-2 



17 



20 



:20: — 



10-0 



Scud and cirro-strati ; rain' 



'4] 945 



61-0 



57-1 



3-9 



0-3 



0-3 



22 



28 



: : — 



9-8 



Scud ; cirro-strati ; cirrous haze ; solar halo. • 



' 6 1 29-950 



60-2 



54-4 



5-8 



0-4 



0-3 



28 



26 



: ; 



6-0 



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



1 8 30000 



54-0 



51-3 



2-7 



0-4 



01 



28 



30 



: : — 



30 



Id. }) 



ilO 30-038 



51-6 



49-2 



2-4 



0-2 



0-2 



24 





1-0 



Id. 3) 



J8 1 30-106 



40- 1 



39-7 



0-4 



0-2 



0-1 



17 





10 



Woolly cirri, cum., and haze to E. ; patch of scud to N. © 



iThe direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point 



3f the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, 8. = 16, W. = 24. The 



Irtions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), an 



d Ci. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



|Aug. 25"' 10'' 5"°. A very brilliant meteor was seen moving from a 



bout jS Herculis to Arcturus, exploding about 2° N. of Arcturus ; its 



imeter was about 10' or 12' ; it was of a bright white light, leaving a 



train of reddish sparks ; its form changed rapidly during its course 



d after its disappearance, a small red ball continued for 5° or 6° in t 



he same direction ; the meteor moved over about 30° in about 3». 

























