Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 8 — 10, 1844. 



175 







Thermometers. 



Wind 











Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 













Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Max 

 fore 



mum 

 e in 



10"". 



From 



d. h. 



in. 



= 



o 



o 



11>S. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





8 11 



30016 



38-2 



37-8 



0-4 



00 



00 







10-0 



Dark. 



12 



026 



37-9 



36-5 



14 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id. 



13 



30043 



37-3 



36-0 



1-3 



0-1 



00 





13 







— 



9-9 



Scud ; sky to SE. 



14 



057 



370 



36-7 



0-3 



0-9 



0-1 



14 



16 



: — 



— 



100 



Id. 



15 



059 



36-4 



35-2 



1-2 



0-3 



0-2 





16 



— 



— 



8-0 



Id. ; woolly clouds above. 



16 



064 



35-8 



34-8 



1-0 



11 



0-2 



16 



16 



— 



— 



6-0 



Loose scud ; lunar halo, radius 23°, breadth li°. 



17 



055 



35-7 



35-3 



0-4 



1-5 



0-9 



14 



16 



— 



— 



6-0 



Id. ; id. 



18 



062 



350 



33-5 



1-5 



1-6 



0-1 



16 





100 



More clouds, halo still visible. 



19 



066 



34-9 



33-4 



1-5 



01 



01 



16 





10-0 



Upper portion of halo visible, Moon seen faintly. 



20 



071 



35-4 



340 



1-4 



1-2 



0-9 



16 





100 



Scud and cirrous-haze. [W. 



21 



063 



350 



33-0 



20 



1-7 



1-7 



15 



15 



— 



— 



7-0 



Scud ; cross-linked woolly cirri, the links lying E. and 



22 



064 



34-4 



32-4 



2-0 



1-1 



01 



15 



15 



: — 



. — 



100 



Id. ; homogeneous sheet of cirri. 



23 



052 



34-2 



32-2 



20 



1-2 



1-1 



15 



15 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 



9 



026 



34-7 



32-4 



2-3 



2-0 



1-0 



18 



16 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; cirri ; cirro-strati ; wind in gusts. 



1 



30009 



35-2 



330 



22 



1-5 



0-7 



17 





10-0 



As before ; beginning to snow. 



2 



29-996 



330 



32-8 



0-2 



0-9 



0-3 



17 





100 



Moderate snow shower. 



3 



968 



330 



32-8 



0-2 



1-5 



11 



16 





100 



Snowing. 



4 



958 



32-9 



32-7 



0-2 



1-6 



1-1 



16 





100 



Id. 



5 



937 



32-8 



32-6 



0-2 



1-8 



2-3 



16 





10-0 



Id. 



6 



917 



32-8 



32-4 



0-4 



20 



0-9 



14 





10-0 



Id. 



7 



900 



32-4 



32-4 





1-5 



11 



16 





100 



Id. 



8 



881 



32-7 



32-6 



0-1 



0-6 



00 



17 





10-0 



Id. 



9 



856 



32-9 



32-5 



0-4 



0-6 



01 



15 





10-0 



Id. 



10 



844 



33-3 



32-5 



0-8 



01 



0-1 



16 





100 



Id. 



11 



818 



33-2 



32-7 



0-5 



01 



0-0 



16 





100 



Sleet and small hail. 



12 



812 



330 



32-7 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Light snow. 



13 



29-814 



330 



32-7 



0-3 



00 



00 







100 



Light snow. 



14 



795 



34-1 



33-8 



0-3 



00 



00 







10-0 



Snow nearly ceased ; clouds breaking. 



15 



816 



351 



350 



01 



00 



00 





29 : — : — 



9-7 



Scud ; sky in zenith. 



16 



828 



36-1 



35-8 



0-3 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Cirro-strati to E. ; scud to W. and S. 



17 



846 



360 



35-9 



0-1 



00 



0-0 





24 : — : — 



25 



Scud moving quickly. 



18 



854 



38-3 



38-2 



0-1 



0-0 



00 





25 : — : — 



8-5 



Id. 



19 



866 



37-3 



37-1 



0-2 



00 



00 







0-2 



Scud to SW. 



20 



872 



36-9 



36-4 



0-5 



00 



00 







1-2 



Id. to SE. 



21 



880 



36-6 



36-4 



0-2 



00 



00 





24 



— 



28 



20 



Id. to E. ; woolly and linear cirri. 



22 



898 



37-7 



37-3 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 





24 



28 



28 



20 



Id. ; varieties of cirri, cirro-cumuli. 



23 



901 



391 



381 



1-0 



0-0 



0-0 





26 



— 



— 



90 



Id. ; cirrous clouds. 



10 



905 



39-7 



39-5 



0-2 



00 



00 







9-8 



Id. ; slight shower lately. 



1 



903 



390 



38-6 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 





26 



— 



— 



2-0 



Id. ; mottled and linear cirri. 



2 



927 



40-4 



39-9 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 





— 



28 



28 



1-5 



Mot. cir., small cir.-cum. rad. from NW by N. ; scud. 



3 



947 



41-6 



40-1 



1-5 



0-0 



00 





— 



29 



29 



4-0 



Wo. and lin. cir., cir.-cum. ; scud on Cheviot ; cir.-str. 



4 



961 



41-3 



40-0 



1-3 



0-0 



00 





— , 



28. 



28 



8-0 



Woolly and crossed cir., cir.- cum. lying NNW. to SSE. 



5 



971 



41-3 



39-7 



1-6 



00 



00 





— : 



28 : 



— 



80 



Woolly cir. and cir.-cum. lying NNW. to SSE. ; cir.-str. 



6 



980 



410 



39-3 



1-7 



0-0 



00 







9-7 



Id. 



•7 



29-999 



43-6 



40-4 



3-2 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



8 



30-007 



411 



39-7 



1-4 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



9 



022 



42-1 



40-4 



1-7 



00 



00 







8-0 



Bands of cirri lying NNW. to SSE. 



10 



036 



42-5 



40-7 



1-8 



00 



00 







2-5 



Cirri radiating from SSE. ; auroral light ? 



11 



035 



42-0 



40-6 



1-4 



00 



00 







10 



Id. ; id. 



12 



041 



38-6 



38-3 



0-3 



00 



00 







10 



Id. ; lunar corona. 



13 



30042 



39-6 



39-5 



01 



0-0 



00 







10 



Cirri radiating from SSE. 



14 



057 



40-9 



40-0 



0-9 



0-0 



00 







4-0 



Woolly cirri and cirro-cumuli as before ; lunar corona. 



15 



066 



42-2 



40-9 



1-3 



0-0 



00 







3-0 



Cirro-cumuli. 



16 



074 



410 



40-2 



0-8 



00 



00 







10 



Id. 



17 



070 



40-8 



40-3 



0-5 1 



00 



00 







10 



Cirrous clouds to E. ; cirro-strati to S. 



The 



direction of the vv 



ind is i 



ndicated hy the n 



umber 



of the point of the coi 



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



motion 



s of the three stra 



;a of clc 



uds, Sc. (scud), C. 



-s. (cii 



ro-stratus), and Cir. (cii 



*rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Jan. 



8* 18 h . Ohserva 



tion ma 



ie at 18 h 25™. 





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