408 



Daily Meteorological Observations, December 19 — 25, 1846. 







Thermometers. 



Wind 











Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Bauo- 



METER 



at 32°. 









Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



11^. 



mum 

 3 in 

 lO™. 



Prom 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



■> 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0-10. 





19 2 



29-456 



46-0 



45-1 



0-9 



0-6 



0-3 



18 



21 : — : — 



9-9 



Scud. 



4 



452 



45-9 



450 



0-9 



0-7 



0-5 



18 



19 : 22 : 22 



90 



Loose driving scud ; scud ; cirri and cirro-strati. 



6 



427 



45-0 



44-3 



0-7 



M 



0-1 



20 





10-0 



Scud. 



8 



414 



45-4 



44-4 



1-0 



0-8 



0-3 



22 





9-5 



Id. ^ 



10 



407 



45-7 



44-1 



1-6 



0-8 



0-6 



23 





5 



■ 



23 



29-176 



43-9 



41-5 



2-4 



2-3 



10 



23 



22 : — : — 



6-0 



Scud. ■ 



20 18 



28-851 



39-8 



39-4 



0-4 



2-2 



0-0 



2 





100 



Scud; rain''-5 S 



20 



778 



39-3 



39-0 



0-3 



00 



0-0 



2 





10-0 



Id. ; rain- ^H 



22 



745 



38-7 



38-4 



0-3 



01 



0-1 



6 



4: — : — 



10-0 



Misty scud ; rain"''' ^| 



21 



708 



41-8 



41-3 



0-5 



0-1 



0-1 



20 





100 



Thick cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. ^M 



2 



683 



41-5 



41-0 



9-5 



0-5 



0-3 



30 



31 : — : — 



100 



Scud ; raia^ ^H 



4 



690 



40-3 



39-1 



1-2 



0-4 



0-2 



28 



0: — : — 



10-0 



Scud ; cirro-stratus. ^| 



6 



689 



38-0 



37-1 



0-9 



0-7 



0-9 



28 





10-0 



Scud and dense cirro-stratus. 



8 



708 



37-9 



36-8 



11 



0-2 



0-1 



22 





100 



Id., breaking slightly to N, 



10 



717 



35-2 



34-6 



0-6 



0-1 



0-1 



21 





7-5 



Cirro-stratus. 



18 



28-788 



34-4 



33-5 



0-9 



0-1 



0-1 



26 





10-0 



Scud and cirro-stratus. 



20 



822 



34-8 



34-1 



0-7 



0-1 



0-1 



27 





10-0 



Id. 



22 



848 



34-5 



33-2 



1-3 



01 



0-1 



28 















90 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-stratous scud and cino-rtn 



22 



861 



35-2 



33-6 



1-6 



0-1 



0-1 



26 



— 







— 



9-9 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati. J 



2 



861 



37-0 



34-7 



2-3 



0-2 



0-1 



28 



28 



28 







9-5 



Scud and cirro-stratus. ^H 



4 



859 



35-7 



33-8 



1-9 



0-2 



01 



26 



28 



28 







9-0 



■ 



6 



847 



33-9 



32-2 



1-7 



0-1 



0-1 



28 





8-0 



Scud and cirro-cumulo-strati. ]^M 



8 



820 



33-3 



31-6 



1-7 



0-1 



0-0 



12 





3-0 



Id. ^ 



10 



801 



33-3 



32-6 



0-7 



0-1 



0-0 



26 





100 



Scud and cirro-stratus. 



18 



28-681 



34-0 



32-8 



1-2 



2-7 



0-9 









3-0 



Scud ; snow on the ground. 



20 



689 



33-0 



32-6 



0-4 



2-8 



2-1 









100 



Snow- 



22 



748 



35-3 



33-7 



1-6 



3-7 



1-5 



2 





100 



Scad : shower of snow. 



23 



787 



36-9 



33-4 



3-5 



2-4 



2-0 



2 



2: — : — 



10-0 



Id. 



2 



819 



36-5 



33-0 



3-5 



2-4 



1-6 







4: — : — 



100 



Id. , 



4 



849 



33-8 



33-2 



0-6 



2-8 



2-7 



1 





100 



Id. ; snow^- 



6 



870 



33-4 



330 



0-4 



3-4 



21 









10-0 



Heavy snow and sleet. 



8 



899 



33-9 



33-4 



0-5 



4-4 



2-3 



2 





10-0 



Continuous snow and sleet. 



10 



949 



33-2 



32-7 



0-5 



2-9 



0-4 



2 





10-0 



Id. 



1 



18 



29-096 



30-0 



280 



2-0 



1-3 



0-2 



2 





9-0 



Scud and cirro-strati. 



20 



126 



260 



25-3 



0-7 



0-1 



0-0 







60 



Cirro-cumulo-strati and woolly cirri. 



22 



174 



27-8 



26-6 



1-2 



00 



00 



30 



4: — : — 



60 



Scud, cumuli, and nimbi ; cirro-strati. 



24 



207 



31-1 



300 



11 



0-1 



0-1 



2 



4 : — : — 



7-0 



Id. 



2 



213 



28-6 



27-6 



1-0 



0-4 



0-3 



28 





30 



Cumuli and nimbi ; parhelion at l**. 



4 



221 



28-7 



27-5 



1-2 



0-5 



0-4 



28 





20 



Id. [the zenith from about N 



6 



251 



271 



26-6 



0-5 



0-4 



0-3 



30 





1 3-0 



Cum. and scud on hor. ; masses of clouds occasionally passing o 



8 



274 



23-7 



23-0 



0-7 



0-2 



0-1 



20 





! 0-5 



Clouds on horizon. 



10 



295 



23-4 



22-5 



0-9 



0-2 



0-1 



24 





0-0 



Clear. 



18 



29-438 



29-9 



28-4 



1-5 



1-0 



0-4 



31 





4-0 



Scud. 



20 



498 



310 



29-6 



1-4 



0-3 



0-2 



31 





9-5 



Id. ; snow- 



22 



568 



27-6 



26-2 



1-4 



0-4 



0-3 



28 



0: — : — 



4-0 



Scud and loose cumuli. 



25 



636 



29-2 



28-1 



1-1 



0-7 



0-4 



28 





20 



Cumulo-strati and nimbi on horizon. 



2 



672 



28-2 



26-7 



1-5 



0-9 



0-4 



28 





20 



Id. ,' 



4 



707 



28-3 



26-4 



1-9 



0-4 



0-5 



28 





2-0 



Id. ; haze round hor 



6 



743 



310 



28-4 



2-6 



0-6 



0-3 



28 





1-0 



Masses of cirro-stratus to SE. 



8 



792 



31-3 



29-0 



2-3 



0-5 



0-3 



26 





' 0-2 



Cirro-strati and haze on E. horizon. 



10 



832 



31-4 



29-3 



2-1 



0-6 



0-3 



28 





; 0-3 



Sheets of thin cirro-strati and cirri. ' 



18 



29-930 



25-2 



24-6 



0-6 



0-4 



0-0 



22 



\ 



: 00 



Clear. | 



20 



29-925 



32-4 



30-8 



1-6 



0-3 



0-2 



22 



1 



0-2 



Cirro-strati on E. horizon. | 



22 



30010 



34-8 



32-3 



2-5 



0-3 



03 



20 



1 



0-4 



Cirro-strati on N. horizon. I 



Th 



s direction 



of the wind is indicated by the r 



lumber of the point of the co 



npass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. - 24. Tf 



motioi 



IS of the th 



ree strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C 



-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. rcii 



:'u.s), are indicated in a similar manner. 



1 



. H 



