398 





Daily Meteorological Observations 



1 



I, October 12—18, 1846. r 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 











Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 









Clouds 



, 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxim um 

 force in 

 1". lO-". 



Prom 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



Ci., Sky 

 ; clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Kemarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0-10. 



■ 



12 2 



29-433 



51-0 



49-0 



2-0 



5-2 



2-6 



2 



4: 



— : 



— 10-0 



Scud. 



4 



493 



51-9 



47-1 



4-8 



4-7 



3-2 



2 



3: 



— : 



— 10-0 



Id. ; cir.-str. and cir.-cum. ; parhelion seen about ; 



6 



554 



49-2 



46-0 



3-2 



4-2 



2-8 



2 



3: 



— : 



— 10-0 



Id. 



8 



619 



49-0 



44-4 



4-6 



4-5 



3-0 



2 





9-8 



Id. ; dark. 



JO 



686 



44-5 



42-8 



1-7 



3-3 



2-6 









9-9 



Id. ; rain^ 



18 



29-786 



43-7 



40-1 



3-6 



5-1 



1-2 



31 



3: — : 



— 7-5 



Scud. ^ 



20 



814 



43-9 



40-3 



3-6 



2-1 



1-0 







2: 



— : 



- 7-0 



Id. 



22 



834 



45-7 



42-2 



3-5 



2-2 



1-2 



31 



2: 



— : 



— 3-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. j 



13 



812 



47-6 



43-0 



4-6 



2-6 



1-5 







— : 



3: 



— 7-5 



Cirro-strati and cirro-cumulo-strati. 



2 



801 



47-8 



43-3 



4-5 



1-7 



0-7 



31 



0: 



: 



— 10-0 



Scud. 



4 



781 



47-6 



41-4 



6-2 



1-7 



0-6 







2 







— 9-5 



Id. 



6 



745 



44-8 



41-0 



3-8 



0-6 



0-3 







2 



— : 



— 70 



Id. 



8 



698 



41-6 



38-8 



2-8 



0-2 



0-2 



20 





6-5 



Id. 



10 



642 



40-5 



38-7 



1-8 



0-1 



0-1 



18 





8-0 



Id. ; stars dim. 



18 



29-244 



41-6 



39-0 



2-6 



0-5 



0-5 



18 





10-0 



Scud ; a few spits of rain. 



20 



29-115 



39-5 



38-4 



11 



0-8 



0-3 



13 



14 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain^-- since 18^^ 20™. 



22 



28-956 



40-6 



39-7 



0-9 



1-8 



1-0 



14 



14 



— - 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain^"^ 



14 



866 



43-0 



42-0 



1-0 



2-4 



M 



14 



14 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; rain- 



2 



776 



44-7 



43-6 



1-1 



1-2 



0-2 



20 



16 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. ; rain 



4 



698 



48-4 



47-0 



1-4 



0-3 



0-1 



2 



18 



— 



— 9-5 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



6 



664 



45-3 



43-8 



1-5 



0-1 



0-1 



3 



16 



— 



_ 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



8 



638 



45-2 



44-8 



0-4 



0-1 



0-1 



8 





,10-0 



Slight drizzle ; very dark. 



10 



616 



45-3 



44-9 



0-4 



01 



0-0 



3 





10-0 



Very dark. 



18 



28-596 



44-8 



44-6 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Scud ; misty. 



20 



637 



45-1 



45-0 



0-1 



0-0 



0-0 



18 





10-0 



Fog, trees invisible at 200 yards ; scud and cir.-st 



22 



665 



48-0 



47-4 



0-6 



0-1 



O-l 



24 



— 



:15 



— 9-5 



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



15 



700 



53-0 



50-5 



2-5 



0-1 



0-1 



7 







: 13 



:— 7-5 



Large cir-cum.-str. and cir.-str. ; cum.-str. on hor. f 



2 



725 



52-8 



50-4 



2-4 



0-1 



0-1 



2 



13 



: 



:— 9-0 



Scud and cumuli ; id. 



4 



750 



52-6 



49-9 



2-7 



0-1 



0-0 



8 



15 



: — 



. — 9-5 



Id. 



6 



792 



48-0 



46-9 



1-1 



0-1 



0-0 



6 



— 



15 



— 6-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cumulo-strati and cirro-strati 



8 



835 



47-7 



47-0 



0-7 



0-1 



0-1 



6 





8-5 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



10 



854 



43-5 



43-2 



0-3 



0-1 



0-1 



18 





5-0 



Id. ; misty. 



18 



28-959 



42-0 



41-8 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 



6 





10-0 



Fog, trees invisible at 200 yards. 



20 



28-996 



41-8 



41-6 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 



8 





10-0 



Id., id. 



22 



29-015 



45-6 



45-2 



0-4 



0-1 



00 



6 





10-0 



Id., id., 1 mile. 



16 



031 



51-8 



51-0 



0-8 



0-1 



0-0 



28 



— : 13 



:— 90 



Misty scud and cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



2 



035 



53-7 



51-3 



2-4 



0-1 



0-1 



8 





9-8 



Id. ; id. 



4 



047 



54-2 



52-1 



2-1 



0-1 



0-1 



4 



6: 12 



:— 9-5 



Scud ; cirro-strati and cirro-cumuli ; cumulo-strati 



6 



085 



51-6 



50-9 



0-7 



0-2 



0-1 



4 



5: — 



:— 10-0 



Scud ; rain"''^ 



8 



107 



50-8 



50-4 



0-4 



0-2 



0-1 



2 





10-0 



Id. ; misty. 



10 



133 



43-2 



42-8 



0-4 



0-1 



0-1 



8 





3-0 



Scud and cirro-strati near horizon. 



18 



29-210 



47-9 



47-6 



0-3 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





10-0 



Scud ; slight mist. 



20 



242 



48-9 



48-6 



0-3 



01 



0-0 







6 



: 



: — 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



22 



261 



52-8 



51-2 



1-6 



0-2 



0-2 



7 



6 



: — 



:— 10-0 



Id. 



17 



263 



53-8 



52-8 



1-0 



0-4 



0-2 



2 



5 



: — 



: — 10-0 



Id. ; drops of rain. 



2 



258 



55-6 



53-7 



1-9 



0-6 



0-3 



2 



5 



: — 



:— 100 



Smoky scud, very low, moving rather quickly. 1 



4 



269 



53-5 



53-1 



0-4 



0-6 



0-3 



1 



4 



: — 



:— 10-0 



Scud. ; rain- | 



6 



282 



53-2 



52-8 



0-4 



0-5 



0-3 



2 



4 



: — 



:— 10-0 



Id. ; raini 1 



8 



306 



53-8 



53-2 



0-6 



0-4 



0-2 



3 





10-0 



Id. 1 



10 



333 



52-4 



52-2 



0-2 



0-3 



0-1 



3 





70 



Id. ; clear in zenith. 



23 



29-389 



52-3 



51-5 



0-8 



0-2 



0-1 



6 



6: — 



:— 10-0 



Uniform misty scud. 



18 18 



29-262 



50-8 



50-3 



0-5 



0-3 



0-2 



20 





10-0 



Scud ; rain^ 



20 



290 



50-8 



50-0 



0-8 



0-6 



0-2 



22 





10-0 



Dense mass of cirro-stratus. 



22 



317 



55-2 



53-3 



1-9 



0-3 



0-2 



20 



— 



: 18 



:— 8-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; scud and loose cum. near hoi 9 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. =: 16, W. = 24. 1^ 

 motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Oct. 15i 18''. Observation made at IS'' 16". I 



