394 



Daily Meteorological Observations, September 14 — 21, 1846. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Cloud 



s, 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 11=. 



mum 

 e in 



10"'. 



Prom 



So. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



: Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0-10. ' 





14 10 



30023 



57-1 



56-7 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 



26 





1-0 ! 



1 



Scud. 



18 



30-012 



49-3 



49-1 



0-2 



01 



0-0 



20 



28 



— 



- 9-0 



Misty scud ; cirro-strati ; mist on the ground. 



20 



020 



57-2 



56-5 



0-7 



O-I 



0-1 



18 



— 



27 



— 9-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati ; fog on horizon i 



22 



028 



62-7 



60-6 



2-1 



0-0 



00 



14 



27 



— 



— 7-5 



Scud. 



15 



019 



66-5 



61-6 



4-9 



0-2 



0-1 







26 



— 



— 7-0 



Scud and cumuli. ) 



2 



30-005 



68-6 



630 



5-6 



0-2 



0-1 



4 



25 



— 



— 7-0 



Id. ; hazy. ) 



4 



29-990 



67-5 



62-3 



5-2 



0-2 



0-1 



3 



25 



— 



24 7-0 



Id. ; woolly cirri ; very hazy. j 



6 



983 



67-0 



60-1 



6-9 



0-3 



0-2 







26 



— 



— 2-0 



Id. ; sheets of cirri and cirro-strati. ) 



8 



997 



58-9 



57-4 



1-5 



0-3 



0-0 



4 





0-4 



Sheets of cirro-cumuli. 



10 



998 



51-5 



51-4 



0-1 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Haze on horizon ; stratus in the valleys. 



18 



29-985 



46-2 



46-0 



0-2 



0-1 



0-0 



18 



— :24 



— 6-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; woolly cirri ; fog, objects invis 3 



20 



30-006 



50-1 



49-7 



0-4 



0-1 



0-1 



17 





7-5 



Thick woolly cirri ; fog in the valleys, [at 300 ya . 



22 



30001 



58-3 



56-2 



2-1 



0-1 



0-0 



28 



— :25 



— 9-8 



Loose cirro-cumulo-strati. 



16 



29-991 



64-0 



60-3 



3-7 



0-0 



0-0 



30 





10-0 



Id. 



2 



967 



68-7 



64-2 



4-5 



0-1 



0-1 



16 



— 



•24 



— 10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



4 



942 



65-3 



61-9 



3-4 



0-1 



0-0 



20 



— 



24 



_ 10-0 



Id. 



6 



925 



64-0 



59-3 



4-7 



0-1 



00 



26 



— 



22 



— 10-0 



Id. 



8 



932 



60-4 



58-4 



2-0 



0-0 



0-0 



24 





10-0 



Id. 



10 



914 



58-2 



57-0 



1-2 



0-0 



0-0 



16 





95 



Id. 



18 



29-847 



52-4 



51-5 



0-9 



0-1 



0-0 



17 



— :24 



— 9-9 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



20 



847 



550 



54-0 



10 



0-1 



0-1 



8 



— :26 



— 10-0 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



22 



849 



59-0 



57-0 



20 



0-1 



00 



22 





10-0 



Id. ; hazy ; clouds nearly uniform. 



17 



829 



63-0 



58-6 



4-4 



01 



0-1 



28 



— :30 



_ 10-0 



Id. 



2 



808 



65-8 



60-0 



5-8 



01 



0-1 



4 



— :30 



— 100 



Id. 



4 



792 



63-0 



58-6 



4-4 



0-1 



0-1 



8 



— :30 



— 9-8 



Id. 



6 



780 



61-2 



57-0 



4-2 



0-0 



0-0 



8 





100 



Id. ! 



8 



789 



57-3 



54-0 



3-3 



0-2 



0-1 



2 





10-0 



Id. 



10 



792 



55-8 



53-6 



2-2 



0-1 



0-0 



2 





10-0 



Dark. 



18 



29-799 



47-8 



46-3 



1-5 



0-4 



0-1 



28 



4 : — 



- 4-5 



Scud ; woolly cirri. 



20 



793 



48-0 



46-3 



1-7 



0-1 



0-1 



30 





0-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati on E. horizon 



22 



795 



53-5 



50-3 



3-2 



0-1 



0-1 



8 



6 



— 



— 1-5 1 



Loose cumuli. 



18 



790 



57-0 



52-1 



4-9 



0-2 



0-1 



2 



10 



. — 



— 9-5 ! 



Id. 



2 



754 



57-7 



53-1 



4-6 



0-2 



0-2 



3 



10 







- 7-0 



Id. 



4 



738 



58-2 



52-6 



5-6 



0-3 



0-2 



4 



— 



16 



— 8-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



6 



708 



55-6 



50-6 



50 



0-2 



0-1 



4 



— 



18 



— 3-0 



Id. 



8 



706 



47-0 



45-6 



1-4 



01 



00 



20 





0-5 



Patches of cirri. 



10 



699 



44-4 



43-6 



0-8 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





9-8 i 



Scud. 



18 



29-584 



45-9 



450 



0-9 



0-2 



0-0 



23 



26: — 



— 10-0 



Scud. 



20 



560 



49-0 



48-0 



1-0 



0-0 



0-0 



17 



— 



26 



— 10-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and scud. 



22 



527 



58-0 



540 



4-0 



0-2 



01 



20 



— 



26 



— 10-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirrous haze. 



19 



492 



61-2 



55-5 



5-7 



0-3 



0-2 



22 



28 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus ; haze. 



2 



461 



61-1 



56-1 



5-0 



0-2 



0-1 



20 





10-0 



Thick covering of cirro-stratus ; much haze. 



4 



444 



56-8 



55-0 



1-8 



0-2 



01 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; id. ; rain'' 



6 



423 



55-0 



54-0 



I-O 



0-2 



0-2 



18 





100 ' 



Densly overcast ; rain' 



8 



415 



541 



53-4 



0-7 



0-2 



0-1 



18 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



10 



402 



53-7 



53-3 



0-4 



0-1 



0-0 



2 





10-0 ! 



Id. ; very light rain. ' 



22f 



29-367 



59-2 



56-6 



2-6 



0-0 



00 







4:30 



— 100 



/ Masses of loose cumuloiis scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati; both cu-iK 

 I moving very slowly. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; sky to E. ; slight drizzling Ji- 



20 18 



29-531 



51-7 



51-0 



0-7 



M 



0-0 



2 





9-9 



20 



557 



52-5 



51-2 



1-3 



0-2 



0-1 



3 



— 



4 



— 9-8 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati. 



22 



572 



56-5 



52-0 



4-5 



0-6 



1-0 



5 



7 



— 



— 3-5 



Cumuli ; cirro-cumulo-strati to SW. 1 ^ 



21 



578 



58-2 



52-3 



5-9 



0-5 



0-4 



6 



7 



— 



— 30 



Id. 1 



2 



570 



58-5 



51-3 



7-2 



0-4 



0-4 



4 



9 



— 



— 3-0 



Id. 



4 



556 



57-2 



50-0 



7-2 



0-4 



0-3 



6 





2-5 



Id. 



6 



566 



55-0 



49-0 



6-0 



0-3 



0-2 



6 



8: — 



— 2-0 



Scud and cumuli. 



The direction of the wind is 



indica 



ted by the n 



umbei 



of the p 



oint of the coi 



upass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. - 24. !« 



motions of the thr^e strata of cl 



ouds, t 



ic. (scud), C 



-s. (ci 



rro-stratu 



!), and Ci. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Sept. 17<i. The most of the s 



wallo\ 



vs seem to h 



ave go 



ne off to-c 



lay. 



^^ 



