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Daily Mete geological Observations, December 5 — 12, 1846. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. „ 









Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 





C 



louds 



C.-s. 

 ovini 

 from 



Ci., Sky 

 5 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxit 

 fore 



Ih. 



num 

 3 in 

 lO-". 



Sc: 

 Prom 



d. h. 



in. 



° 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 



pt. 0-10. 





5 6 



29-358 



39-8 



37-5 



2-3 



0-7 



0-2 



22 





2-0 



Cirro-strati. 



8 



378 



36-9 



35-5 



1-4 



0-2 



01 



22 





0-5 



Cirro-strati and haze round horizon. ] 



10 



397 



38-2 



360 



2-2 



0-4 



0-2 



24 





8-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



221 



29-566 



37-2 



34-5 



2-7 



0-7 



0-5 



28 





1-0 



Scud near horizon. 



6 18 



29-848 



37-0 



34-4 



2-6 



1-9 



0-7 



29 





80 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and woolly cirri ; lunar corona. - 



20 



888 



37-5 



34-7 



2-8 



2-3 



0-6 



29 — 







— 90 



Cumulo-strati ; scud to E. 



22 



934 



38-7 



35-7 



3-0 



1-3 



0-5 



30 — : 



1 : 



— 90 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



7 



968 



38-3 



36-0 



2-3 



0-4 



0-1 



27 





2-5 



Woolly cirri, cirro-strati, and cirrous haze. t 



2 



977 



39-6 



37-2 



2-4 



0-3 



0-2 



30 — : 



— • 



1 8-0 



WooUy and mottled cirri ; cirro-strati. ( 



4 



29-999 



38-7 



36-2 



2-5 



0-3 



0-0 



26 





100 



Cirro-strati, cirro-cumulo-strati, and cirrous haze. 



6 



30-014 



370 



35-3 



1-7 



0-2 



0-0 



22 





10-0 



Cirro-stratus. 



8 



048 



35-1 



33-9 



1-2 



0-1 



0-1 



20 





30 



Clouds on horizon ; stars dim. 



10 



060 



33-0 



320 



1-0 



01 



0-0 



24 





1-5 



Id. 



18 



30-089 



36-0 



35-5 



0-5 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Scud. 



20 



115 



36-6 



36-0 



0-6 



0-0 



00 



20 





100 



Id. 



22 



146 



38-0 



37-4 



0-6 



0-1 



00 



16 





9-8 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



8 



148 



40-7 



39-8 



0-9 



01 



0-1 



22 





9-9 



Id. 



2 



123 



42-8 



41-6 



1-2 



0-1 



0-1 



22 





9-9 



Id. 



4 



132 



41-8 



40-9 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 



20 28: 



28 



— 100 



Id. 



6 



137 



40-7 



39-6 



1-1 



01 



01 



24 





9-8 



Id. 



8 



138 



40-2 



39-1 



M 



0-1 



00 



22 





10-0 



Id. ; dark. 



10 



135 



38-8 



37-7 



1-1 



0-2 



0-1 



20 





8-5 



Id. ; stars dim. 



18 



30-076 



41-0 



39-2 



1-8 



02 



00 



24 





10-0 



Thick scud. 



20 



070 



40-6 



39-0 



1-6 



0-5 



01 



24 





100 



Id. 



22 



059 



41-9 



41-1 



0-8 



0-2 



01 



20 



— 



— 9-5 



Scud. 



9 



30030 



40-6 



38-8 



1-8 



0-2 



0-2 



22 





3-0 



Woolly cirri ; bank of cirro-strati to E. t 



2 



29-998 



44-6 



42-2 



2-4 



0-2 



01 



22 — 



: 



— 8-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; woolly cirri. r. 



4 



962 



42-4 



40-2 



2-2 



0-3 



0-3 



24 



— 



— 7-0 



Scud. 



6 



937 



36-5 



35-6 



0-9 



0-3 



01 



15 





0-5 



Clouds on S. horizon. 



8 



903 



37-0 



36-3 



0-7 



0-2 



0-2 



25 





0-2 



Clouds on horizon. 



10 



866 



38-8 



37-8 



10 



0-2 



0-2 



22 





0-5 



Id. ; auroral arch to N. 



18 



29-555 



45-8 



43-8 



2-0 



1-3 



0-8 



24 





3-0 



Scud ; in passing over the moon it produces a coloDie( 



20 



555 



39-4 



38-4 



1-0 



1-9 



0-6 









100 



Scud ; shower at 19^ 45™. [corona. 



22 



564 



38-8 



36-6 



2-2 



1-2 



20 







24 



— 9-0 



Id. ; cirro-cum.-str. ; ragged cum. on N. and E. ho; 



10 



573 



37-7 



34-8 



2-9 



1-9 



1-9 



31 — 



28 



— 8-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati ; loose scud. 



2 



574 



361 



32-4 



3-7 



1-3 



0-6 



31 31 



28 



— 8-0 



Scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cum. on N. and E. hor. 



4 



560 



33-7 



29-5 



4-2 



2-0 



2-0 







— 



— 4-0 



Scud and cumuli. 



6 



569 



29-2 



26-6 



2-6 



2-8 



1-0 



30 





0-5 



Clouds on horizon. 



8 



560 



2S-2 



25-6 



2-6 



2-5 



1-5 



30 





0-5 



Id. 



10 



545 



27-8 



25-2 



2-6 



2-8 



1-2 



30 





0-2 



Id. 



18 



29-531 



29-2 



26-6 



2-6 



2-4 



1-0 



29 





5-0 



Cirrous haze over the sky ; a sprinkling of snow oi, 



20 



513 



27-9 



25-4 



2-5 



2-5 



0-6 



28 





7-0 



Cir.-str. and cir. haze ; cum. on hor. ^ [the ground. 



22 



484 



28-4 



260 



2-4 



1-8 



3-3 



27 





70 



Woolly cirri and cir.-str. ; scud and cum. on N. and I 



11 



492 



29-0 



27-4 



1-6 



2-9 



1-2 



29 — 



4 



4 8-0 



Id. ; snow'J'^ 9 [hor. 



2 



472 



30-2 



27-4 



2-8 



2-2 



1-1 



29 



— 



4 8-0 



Scud ; woolly cirri ; cirro-strati. 



4 



469 



29-4 



26-8 



2-6 



1-6 



1-3 



29 



— 



— 8-5 



Masses of scud, cirro-strati, and cirri. 



6 



476 



298 



27-6 



2-2 



0-9 



0-5 



28 





9-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



8 



491 



301 



27-8 



2-3 



1-7 



0-8 



29 





3-0 



Id. 



10 



505 



320 



29-5 



2-5 



3-5 



2-0 



30 





9-5 



Id. 



18 



29-575 



30-9 



29-9 



10 



4-7 



1-1 



30 





1 100 



Heavy shower of snow. 



20 



580 



32-3 



30-5 



1-8 



1-3 



1-2 



30 





10.0 



Cirro-str, and cir. haze ; occasional showers of snow. 



22 



625 



32-3 



31-3 



1-0 



10 



0-6 



30 





j 9-9 



Id. ; id. 



12 



647 



31-9 



30-6 



1-3 



1-5 



0-5 









! 10-0 



Snow3 



2 



! 627 



31-4 



29-2 



2-2 



0-9 



0-6 



30 2 



— 



— 4-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; snow about 4^ inches deep. 



The 



direction 



of the wind is indicated by the number of t 



he p( 



Dint of the co 



mpass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. Th«| 



motioi 



IS of the tb 



iree strata of clouds, Sc. (scudj, C.-s. (cirro-st 



ratu. 



>), and Ci. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 

























