174 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 5 — 8, 1844. 







Thermometers. 





Wind. 









Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



BARO- 

 METER 



at 32°. 











Cloud 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



j Maxi 

 fore 

 1\ 



mum 

 e in 



10™. 



From 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



:Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



= 



° 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





5 5 



28-957 



49-5 



48-4 



11 



0-5 



0-2 





20 



— 



— 90 



Scud. 



6 



931 



50-0 



48-7 



1-3 



0-7 



0-5 





20 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



7 



915 



49-6 



48-1 



1-5 



0-4 



0-2 



18 



20 



— 



:— 100 



Id. 



8 



892 



48-5 



47-9 



0-6 



0-2 



01 



18 



20 



: — 



:— 9-5 



Id. ; cirri and haze ; broad lunar corona. 



9 



885 



47-8 



46-8 



10 



0-9 



0-9 



18 





100 



Heavy shower. 



10 



877 



46-7 



45-9 



0-8 



0-3 



01 



18 



20: — 



:— 90 



Scud ; faint traces of aurora to NNW. 



11 



876 



45-4 



44-9 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







60 



Loose scud. 



12 



865 



43-6 



43-1 



0-5 



00 



0-0 





21 : — 



:— 7-5 



Id. 



13 



28-846 



45-0 



44-3 



0-7 



00 



00 





21 : — 



:— 7-0 



Loose scud. 



14 



820 



46-2 



45-7 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







100 



Rain. 



15 



803 



44-9 



44-1 



0-8 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id. 



16 



803 



44-0 



43-9 



01 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



17 



782 



44-2 



43-8 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







100 



Scud. 



18 



772 



43-9 



43-6 



0-3 



00 



00 







100 



Heavy rain. 



19 



754 



43-6 



430 



06 



0-0 



0-0 







100 





20 



754 



42-7 



42-3 



0-4 



00 



00 







9-5 



Scud ; heavy clouds to W. 



21 



768 



42-0 



41-7 



0-3 



0-0 



00 





23 



22 



16 8-5 



Id. ; woolly cirro-cumuli, slowly ; woolly cirri, slowly. 



22 



783 



42-0 



41-5 



0-5 



00 



0-0 





23 



22 



17 5-5 



Id.; id.; id. 



23 



804 



40-9 



40-8 



01 



01 



00 





24 



— 



— 9-5 



Id. ; cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati, woolly cirri. 



6 



807 



440 



43-4 



0-6 



00 



0-0 





24 



— 



— 9-5 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; cirri and cirrous-haze to E. 



1 



806 



45-0 



44-1 



0-9 



00 



00 





23 



— 



— 70 



Id. ; id. 



2 



815 



45-5 



44-7 



0-8 



00 



0-0 





21 



24 



_ 3-0 



Loose scud ; cirro-cumulous-scud ; cirro-strati to E. 



3 



839 



46-8 



45-3 



1-5 



0-0 



00 





— 



24 



_ 8-0 



Cirro-cumulous-scud moving slowly. 



4 



857 



44-9 



43-6 



1-3 



0-0 



0-0 





24 



— 



— 9-8 



Scud. 



5 



873 



43-7 



42-8 



0-9 



0-0 



00 





26 



24 



— 10-0 



Two currents of scud. 



6 



895 



43-5 



43-2 



0-3 



00 



00 







4-0 



Cirro-cumuli to SAV. 



7 



918 



40-3 



39-9 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







30 



Id. 



8 



943 



40-7 



40-2 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 





26 



— 



— 100 



Loose scud ; cirro-cumuli on E. horizon. 



9 



961 



40-0 



39-5 



0-5 



00 



00 





26 







— 9-5 



Id. 



10 



28-987 



41-2 



40-5 



0-7 



00 



0-0 





26 



— 



_ 9-0 



Id. 



11 



29003 



400 



39-6 



0-4 



00 



0-0 





— 



— 



26 70 



Woolly cirri ; lunar corona. 



12 



29022 



41-9 



40-9 



1-0 



00 



00 







100 



Thick woolly cirri. 



7 











00 



0-0 











13 



29-491 



34-6 



33-6 



10 



00 



00 





28 : 6 



6 80 



Pat. loose scud ; thick cir.-cum., cirri ; col. lun. corona. 



14 



522 



35-6 



34-7 



0-9 



0-0 



00 







100 



Thick cirrous mass. 



15 



544 



36-2 



35-3 



0-9 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. 



16 



561 



36-6 



35-7 



0-9 



00 



0-0 





: — 



— 100 



Loose scud, the Moon's dist visible through it. 



17 



578 



36-1 



35-7 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Drops of rain. 



18 



598 



33-2 



330 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 





— : — 



2 80 



Varieties of cirri ; coloured lunar corona 4° radius. 



19 



627 



34-8 



34-7 



0-1 



0-0 



0-0 





2: — 



— 9-9 



Thick cirro-stratous-scud ; lunar corona. 



20 



662 



36-0 



35-7 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 







9-8 



Loose scud ; cirrous clouds. 



21 



702 



36-4 



361 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Scud. 



22 



736 



36-7 



36-3 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 





— : — 



7 7-0 



Id. ; cirri. 



23 



758 



38-0 



37-7 



0-3 



00 



00 





8 : — 



— 90 



Thin scud ; strati to E. 



8 



773 



38-9 



38-3 



0-6 



00 



0-0 







100 



Scud. 



1 



798 



39-5 



38-5 



1-0 



00 



0-0 





11 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



2 



812 



400 



39-4 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 





9 







— 10-0 



Thin scud ; stratus ; light rain. 



3 



806 



40-6 



39-9 



0-7 



00 



00 





9 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. 



4 



880 



39-9 



39-3 



0-6 



0-0 



00 





11 



— 



— 9-7 



Scud ; cirrous-scud. 



5 



901 



38-7 



38-1 



0-6 



00 



00 







10-0 



Scud in strange conglomerations ; cirri. 



6 



917 



390 



38-0 



10 



00 



0-0 







9-8 



Id. ; id. 



7 



937 



38-2 



37-4 



0-8 



00 



00 







10-0 



Dark. 



8 



955 



38-6 



37-6 



1-0 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



9 



29-975 



38-8 



37-8 



10 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. 



10 



30006 



38-7 



37-4 



1-3 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



The direction of the w 



ind is indicated by 



the number of the p< 



)int of the co 



npass, reckoning Js T . = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = '2-i. The 



motions of the three stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (sc 



ud), C'.-s. (cirro-stratus 



), and Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



