





Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 2 — 5, 1844. 173 







Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 



1 







Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



lh. 



mum 

 e in 

 10- 11 . 



From 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 





a. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



Its. 



Its. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 







2 21 



29-448 



35-4 



33-7 



1-7 



0-7 



0-3 



19 



24 



— 



— 



100 



Scud ; mottled cirri and cirro-strati. 





22 



440 



35-3 



33-5 



1-8 



2-7 



1-5 



19 



22 



24 



— 



8-5 



Two currents of scud ; cirro-strati and cirri to E. 





23 



418 



380 



35-2 



2-8 



2-2 



1-7 



20 



23 



— 



— 



8-5 



Scud ; cirro-cumuli. 





3 



425 



38-5 



35-9 



2-6 



30 



1-4 





23 



28 



— 



80 



Id. ; id. 





1 



430 



39-7 



37-3 



2-4 



1-5 



0-6 



20 



23 



— 



— 



8-5 



Id. ; masses of mottled cirri. 



2 



427 



39- 1 



36-8 



2-3 



0-8 



0-3 



20 



23 



— 



— 



90 



Id. ; mottled and linear cirri ; slight shower. 



3 



427 



37-4 



360 



1-4 



0-6 



0-5 



20 



24 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati to NE. 



4 



424 



370 



35-9 



11 



1-2 



00 





24 



— 



— 



100 



Thick scud ; cirrous-clouds ; light rain occasionally. 



5 



430 



361 



351 



10 



00 



0-0 





24 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; id. 



6 



411 



37-4 



35-9 



1-5 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. 



7 



405 



35-2 



34-2 



10 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



8 



396 



350 



34- 1 



0-9 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



9 



377 



350 



34-2 



0-8 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



10 



362 



34-5 



34-0 



0-5 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; rain. 



11 



341 



33-2 



33- 1 



01 



0-0 



00 







100 



A slight fall of snow. 



12 



311 



32-9 



32-8 



0-1 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id. ; Moon barely visible. 



13 



29-302 



32-8 



32-8 





00 



0-0 







100 



A slight fall of snow. 



14 



282 



32 9 



32-9 





00 



00 







100 



Id. 



15 



275 



331 



330 



01 



0-0 



00 





6: — : — 



100 



Id. 



16 



276 



331 



330 



0-1 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



17 



274 



33-7 



33-5 



0-2 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



18 



282 



34-0 



33-9 



01 



00 



00 







100 



Slight drizzle. 



19 



305 



34-7 



34-5 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. 





20 



339 



351 



34-9 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. 





21 



359 



35-2 



350 



0-2 



00 



00 





4 : — : — 



100 



Thick homogeneous scud ; drops of rain. 





22 



398 



350 



34-9 



01 



00 



00 







100 



Thick mass of cirrous clouds. 





23 



421 



35-3 



350 



0-3 



00 



00 







10-0 



The same, a few drops of rain. 



4 



430 



36-4 



36-0 



0-4 



00 



00 







100 



Scud and cirrous clouds ; homogeneous. 



1 



441 



36-8 



36-2 



0-6 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. 



2 



454 



36-9 



36-6 



0-3 



00 



00 





— : — : 18 



9-7 



Watery-looking woolly cirri in zen. ; thick on hor. * 



3 



482 



36-6 



36-3 



0-3 



0-0 



00 







100 



Loose scud to SE. ; thick cirrous mass. 



4 



481 



360 



35-9 



01 



00 



00 





20 : — : — 



100 



Scud ; thick cirro-stratus. 



5 



485 



350 



34-8 



0-2 



00 



00 







100 



Thick mass of clouds ; nearly homogeneous. 



6 



484 



34-8 



34-7 



01 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. 



7 



477 



34-6 



34-4 



0-2 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. 



8 



462 



351 



34-8 



0-3 



00 



00 





14 



— 



— 



100 



Scud ; dense clouds above. 



9 



450 



36-9 



36-3 



0-6 



00 



00 





14 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; id. 



10 



424 



37-8 



37-3 



0-5 



00 



00 



15 



14 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; id. 



11 



397 



38-3 



37-6 



0-7 



0-2 



0-0 



19 





100 



A few drops of rain. 



12 



363 



39-0 



38-7 



0-3 



0-2 



0-1 



14 





100 



Light rain. 



13 



29-326 



390 



38-7 



0-3 



01 



00 







10-0 



Rain. 



14 



296 



39-8 



39-6 



0-2 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



15 



242 



40-4 



40-0 



0-4 



00 



00 





16: — : — 



100 



Scud. 



16 



201 



41-1 



40-8 



0-3 



01 



0-1 



19 





100 



Light drizzle. 



17 



159 



41-3 



41-1 



0-2 



0-2 



00 



18 





100 



Scud. 





18 



125 



41-7 



41-6 



01 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 





19 



108 



41-7 



41-6 



01 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. 





20 



092 



43-3 



430 



0-3 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 





21 



089 



48-0 



47-9 



01 



00 



00 







10-0 



Light drizzle. 





22 



088 



48-5 



48-2 



0-3 



01 



0-1 







100 



Fog in the valleys. 





23 



066 



48-3 



48-2 



01 



00 



00 







100 



Scud. 





|5 



29-004 



49-3 



490 



0-3 



0-7 



01 



18 





10-0 



Heavy rain. 





1 



28-983 



49-3 



490 



0-3 



0-1 



01 



18 



20 



. — 



• — 



10-0 



Scud ; cirrous-clouds ; sky seen occasionally. 





2 



960 



500 



49-9 



0-1 



1-5 



0-6 



19 



20 



— 



— 



100 



Id. 





3 



998 



50-7 



49-9 



0-8 



0-8 



1-8 



20 



20 



. — 



— 



100 



Id. 





4 



979 



49-6 



490 



0-6 



1-8 



0-2 



19 



20 



: — 



— 



10-0 



Id. 





The 



direction 



3f the wind is indicated by the n 



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





imotior 



s of the th 



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



-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 





Jan 



4d S>>. 



bservation made at 3 h 15 m . 







Jan 



54 <)•>. 



bservation made at h 7 m . 







* S 



2e addition 



al meteorological notes after the 



Hourly Meteorological Observations. 





1 



HAG. AND 



MET. C 



BS. li. 



144. 

















2x 



