

Daily Meteorological Obseevations, November 28— December 5, 1846. 405 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 





II 







Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 







Clouds, II 





an 



Ine. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diflf. 



Max 

 for( 

 IK 



imum 

 ;e in 



lO'". 



Prom 



Sc. : C.-s 



movii 



fronr 



: Ci., Sky 

 ig clouded. 



I 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



h. 



in. 



o 







o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





8 



29-469 



36-6 



35-2 



1-4 



2-7 



0-7 



29 





0-2 



Clouds on horizon. J 



10 



500 



36-0 



35-8 



0-2 



1-3 



0-3 



2 





1-5 



Scud and cirro-strati. J 



22i 



29-571 



32-6 



31-8 



0-8 



2-9 



1-0 



30 



30: 2 



:— 6-0 



( Scud ; cirrous-crowned nimbi. About an inch of snow has fallen 

 ( durhig the night. 



18 



29-756 



31-0 



30-6 



0-4 



2-2 



0-2 



31 





6-0 



Slight snow. 



10 



778 



30-6 



30-2 



0-4 



0-2 



0-2 



30 





9-8 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



'J2 



812 



30-9 



30-0 



0-9 



1-0 



0-5 



29 



1 



: — 



:— 8-0 



Scud ; shower of snow ; snow 6i inches deep. 



\^ 



823 



326 



30-7 



1-9 



0-7 



0-2 



30 



1 



: — 



:— 7-0 



Id. 



2 



808 



31-7 



29-3 



2-4 



0-5 



0-3 



18 



1 



: — 



:— 4-0 



Id . ; woolly cirri ; slight showers of snow. Q 



4 



811 



28-2 



26-7 



1-5 



0-2 



01 



19 





5-0 



Woolly cirri and cirrous haze. 



6 



79.3 



26-5 



25-5 



1-0 



0-3 



0-1 



16 





8-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



8 



759 



28-8 



26-6 



2-2 



0-4 



0-3 



22 



— :28 



:— 10-0 



Id. ; cirrous haze. ^ 



10 



707 



30-4 



28-0 



2-4 



0-8 



0-5 



22 





9-5 



Cirro-strati and cirrous haze. ^ 



18 



29-50.3 



36-0 



35-0 



1-0 



2-8 



0-8 



20 





10-0 



Cirro-stratus. 



JO 



469 



36-6 



35-9 



0-7 



2-4 



0-8 



21 





10-0 



Id. 



12 



429 



37-7 



370 



0-7 



1-3 



1-0 



20 





9-9 



Scud and cirro-stratus. 







384 



40-2 



38-7 



1-5 



0-8 



0-4 



20 



— : 26 



:— 70 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. © 



2 



355 



40-3 



38-4 



1-9 



0-7 



0-2 



20 





0-5 



Cumulo-strati on E. horizon ; cumulo-strati. G 



4 



326 



39-1 



37-0 



2-1 



0-3 



0-3 



24 





0-5 



Cirro-strati on horizon ; cumulo-strati to NE. 



6 



348 



36-8 



35-2 



1-6 



0-3 



0-2 



25 





0-2 



Id. D 



8 



354 



33-5 



31-8 



1-7 



0-1 



0-2 



29 





0-0 



Very clear. J) 



10 



360 



31-2 



29-6 



1-6 



0-3 



0-1 



22 





0-5 



Cirro-strati on E. horizon. ]) 



18 



29-319 



22-8 



23-0 



... 



0-4 



0-0 



18 





3-0 



Cirri. ]) 



IJO 



317 



21-3 



22-0 



... 



00 



0-0 







2-5 



Id. 



>2 



311 



19-5 



19-7 



... 



0-1 



0-1 



15 





10 



Id. O 



^0 



311 



26-3 



24-5 



1-8 



0-1 



0-1 



20 





0-2 



Cumulo-strati and haze on E. horizon. Q 



2 



297 



27-5 



26-0 



1-5 



0-1 



01 



21 





0-5 



Cumulo-strati. Q 



4 



298 



24-7 



24-0 



0-7 



0-1 



00 







0-5 



Cir.-str. to S. ; cum.-str. on E. hor. ; haze on horizon. 



6 



298 



18-5 



18-5 



... 



01 



0-1 



15 





0-5 



Id. D 



8 



328 



16-8 



17-2 



... 



0-1 



0-1 



20 





0-2 



Id. D 



10 



331 



16-0 



16-0 



... 



0-1 



0-0 



21 





0-0 



Very clear. • ]) 



.8 



29-339 



19-0 



190 



... 



00 



00 







0-2 



A few variahle patches of cirri to E. ]) 



iO 



350 



24-0 



23-2 



0-8 



0-2 



0-2 



14 





1-0 



Cirri and cirro-strati on horizon. ^ 



J2 



375 



28-6 



27-4 



1-2 



0-1 



0-0 





— 



— 



29 2-5 



Woolly cirri ; cirro-strati and haze on horizon. Q 



30 



389 



34-4 



31-8 



2-6 



0-4 



0-2 



27 



— 



— 



29 60 



Id. ; cumulo-strati on E. horizon. Q 



2 



418 



35-3 



34-2 



1-1 



0-4 



0-1 



27 



27 







— 9-5 



Scud ; cirro-stratus; nimbus to NE. ; shower of snow at I'l 45m. 



4 



447 



35-4 



34-6 



0-8 



0-4 



0-2 



28 



28 







— 100 



Id. ; id. ; slight shower of sleet. 



6 



479 



35-2 



34-7 



0-5 



0-4 



0-4 



29 





8-5 



Id. 



8 



501 



360 



33-8 



2-2 



0-8 



0-6 



28 



0: — 



— 7-5 



Id. ; cirro-stratus. ]) 



|o 



550 



36-2 



33-5 



2-7 



0-9 



0-8 



28 



1 : — 



— 70 



Id. > 



8 



29-669 



30-6 



29-2 



1-4 



0-6 



0-2 



27 





0-5 



Cirro-strati on horizon. ]) 



10 



699 



28-7 



27-8 



0-9 



0-2 



0-1 



26 





1-0 



Scud to SE. ; cirro-strati on horizon. ]) 



12 



726 



31-3 



30-3 



1-0 



0-4 



0-3 



28 





0-7 



Bank of cumulo-strati and cirro-strati to E. and SE. O 



'0 



764 



33-5 



31-0 



2-5 



0-5 



0-4 



29 



— : — : 



1 5-0 



Wool, cirri and cum.-str. ; cum.-str. and haze on E. and 



2 



761 



33-8 



30-6 



3-2 



0-4 



0-1 



28 





0-5 



Cirro-strati and haze on horizon. Q [S. hor. Q 



4 



786 



31-7 



29-3 



2-4 



0-1 



01 



18 





0-5 



Id. 



6 



801 



23-8 



22-9 



0-9 



0-1 



00 



18 





0-5 



Id. 



8 



801 



23-9 



23-7 



0-2 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





0-5 



Clouds to N. ]) 







795 



22-5 



220 



0-5 



0-1 



0-0 



20 





9-5 



Sky nearly covered with cirro-cumulo-strati. ^ 



8 



29-648 



35-4 



32-6 



2-8 



0-2 



00 



23 





10-0 



Cirro-stratus. 



•0 



599 



36-1 



350 



11 



0-2 



01 



24 





10-0 



Id. ; rain»-5 



12 



540 



39-3 



38-0 



1-3 



0-3 



0-4 



20 



21 : 



— : 



— 10-0 



Scud ; cirro-stratus. 



30 



464 



42-0 



40-6 



1-4 



0-8 



0-7 



20 



21 : 



— : 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



2 



378 



42-0 



40-9 



1-1 



1-4 



0-8 



20 



24: 



— : 



27 9-5 



Misty scud ; woolly and mottled cirri ; cirro-strati. 



,4 



373 



430 



41-9 



1-1 



1-3 



0-2 



18 



24: 



— : 



— 10-0 



Scud ; slight showers. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the pc 



int of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



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



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



Dec. i^. A new vane, corajjosed of oiled silk stretched on a lig 



It frame of wood, erected instead of the turkey-feather one. 



Dec. i^ IS"". Observation made at 18'' 8™. 





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JAG. AND 



MET. 



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