176 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 10 — 13, 1844. 







Thermometers. 





Wind. 







■" ~ " ™ ™" ■""" 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 











Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Max 

 fore 

 l h . 



mum 

 e in 



10 m . 



Prom 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



rt. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





10 18 



30-088 



38 



1 



380 



01 



00 



00 





26 : — : — 



3-5 



Scud, producing a coloured lunar corona ; cirri. 



19 



094 



38 



1 



37-9 



0-2 



00 



00 





27 : — : — 



10 



Loose scud. 



20 



100 



40 







39-8 



0-2 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Cirro-strati to E. 



21 



118 



40 



2 



39-9 



0-3 



00 



00 







0-5 



Id. ; patches of scud. 



22 



123 



40 



1 



39-5 



0-6 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Id. ; scud on Cheviot. 



23 



127 



39 



6 



39-3 



0-3 



00 



00 







0-2 



Id. 



11 



120 



40 



8 



40-3 



0-5 



00 



00 







0-2 



Id. 



1 



114 



44 



3 



42-4 



1-9 



0-0 



00 







30 



Cirro-strati to E. ; mottled and linear cirri to W. 



2 



108 



45 



4 



43-3 



2-1 



00 



0-0 





— : — : 28 



60 



Scud ; cirri and cirro-cumuli. 



3 



102 



43 



7 



42-2 



15 



00 



00 





— : — : 4 



6-0 



Patches of scud ; cirri, cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati. 



4 



102 



43 



5 



41-9 



1-6 



00 



00 







60 



Id. ; id., id. 



5 



096 



39 



9 



391 



0-8 



00 



00 



18 



— : 28 : — 



4-0 



Cir.-cum.-str.; cir. to NW., cir.-h. toE.; sc. on Cheviot. 



6 



093 



38 



6 



38-2 



0-4 



00 



00 





20 : — : 26 



8-0 



Loose scud moving quickly ; cirrous clouds. 



7 



088 



37 



5 



37-1 



0-4 



00 



00 







8-5 



Cirro-stratus. 



8 



078 



39 



7 



39-3 



0-4 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



9 



060 



42 



1 



41-4 



0-7 



00 



00 







100 



A few drops of rain. 



10 



047 



42 



9 



41-9 



10 



0-1 



00 



21 





100 





11 



032 



42 



3 



41-4 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 







100 





12 



014 



42 



3 



41-2 



1-1 



0-0 



00 







100 



Very dark. 



13 



29-998 



41 



9 



40-6 



1-3 



00 



00 







100 





14 



974 



43 



6 



42-3 



1-3 



0-0 



00 







100 



• 



15 



958 



43 



3 



42-2 



11 



00 



00 







100 



Streaks of light to N. and E. 



16 



946 



43 



7 



42-7 



10 



0-0 



00 







10-0 





17 



915 



44 







430 



10 



01 



00 



18 





100 



Light rain. 



18 



893 



43 



4 



42-4 



1-0 



0-1 



0-0 



19 





100 



Rain. 



19 



877 



43 



2 



42-3 



0-9 



00 



0-0 







100 





20 



851 



43 



2 



42-2 



10 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Light Rain. 



21 



836 



43 



9 



430 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 





19: — : — 



100 



Nearly homogeneous scud. 



22 



826 



44 



1 



430 



1-1 



10 



0-1 



18 





100 



Id. 



23 



816 



44 



1 



43-2 



0-9 



0-2 



0-1 



15 



19: — : — 



10-0 



Scud. 



12 



813 



45 







44-0 



1-0 



01 



00 



20 





10-0 



Id., slight drizzle commencing. 



1 



788 



46 







44-5 



1-5 



0-1 



00 



20 



20 : 28 : — 



10-0 



Id. to SE. ; dense cirro-stratus. 



2 



792 



44 



9 



44-2 



0-7 



0-0 



00 





24 : — : — 



100 



Thin scud ; thick cirro-stratus ; light rain. 



3 



792 



44 



4 



44-0 



0-4 



00 



00 





26: — : — 



100 



Scud ; dense mass of clouds above. 



4 



793 



44 







43-1 



0-9 



00 



00 







10-0 



Uniform mass of cirro-strati ; scud to SE. 



5 



800 



43 







41-9 



1-1 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id., red at sunset. 



6 



805 



42 



9 



41-2 



1-7 



00 



00 







100 



Scud. 



7 



819 



41 







39-6 



1-4 



00 



00 







60 



Haze ; clouds on horizon. 



8 



828 



37 



7 



37-1 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 







4-0 



Clouds on horizon. 



9 



820 



37 



8 



37-3 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







10 



Id. 



10 



826 



37 



6 



37-2 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







10 



Id. 



11 



835 



36 



9 



35-7 



1-2 



0-0 



00 







1-5 



Id. 



12 



842 



36 



2 



34-9 



1-3 



00 



0-0 







1-5 



Cirro-strati to E. 



13 



29-852 



32 



5 



32-4 



0-1 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Cirro-strati to E. 



14 



858 



32 



5 



32-0 



0-5 



00 



00 







0-2 



Id. 



15 



867 



29 



9 







00 



00 







0-2 



Cirro-strati and cirrous-haze on horizon. 



16 



871 



31 











00 



00 







01 



Id. 



17 



871 



30 











00 



0-0 







0-2 



Id. 



18 



877 



30 











00 



00 







0-2 



Patches of cirro-cumuli and cirri. 



19 



880 



29 



7 







00 



0-0 







0-1 



Patches of cirro-strati. 



20 



899 



34 



6 







00 



00 







0-2 



Masses of cirro-strati and cirri. 



21 



919 



32 



7 







00 



00 







0-5 



Id. 



22 



935 



37 



3 



35-8 



1-5 



0-2 



0-2 







10 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; cumulo -strati on E. horizon. 



23 



954 



36 



7 



350 



1-7 



0-2 



0-2 





31 : — : — 



02 



Cirrous-haze to E. ; scud to SE. 



13 



946 



36 



9 



35-9 



10 



00 



00 







0-2 



Scud on horizon. 



1 



933 



39 



8 



36-7 



31 



00 



00 







0-2 



Haze on horizon. 



The 



direction 



}f the v 



find is indies 



ted b 



y the number of the point 



of the co 



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



motioi 



is of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, 5 



5c. (sci 



:d), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), an 



d Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Jan 



12 d 22 h . 



The w 



ind blowing a 



t least 



0-2 lb., but there is no ind 



i cation bj 



r the anemometer. 



